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Title: Back Calculation of Avalanche Dimensions From Laser Scanning and sfm Photogrammetry
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Alexander Prokop, J.-M. Friedt, Ursula Enzenhofer, Florian Tolle
Description: After avalanche events happen it is always difficult to collect useful data from the avalanche dimensions such as snow volume that was released in the...
Object ID: ISSW16_P4.35.pdf
Keywords: avalanche documentation, snow depth, laser scanning, sfm-photogrammetry, svalbard
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Title: Comparison of Structural Instability Indices (Lemons), ECT and RB Results
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Chiambretti Igor, Fabiano Monti, Mauro Valt
Description: Almost all avalanche forecasting services have a network of traditional stations where an array of daily or weekly snowpack measurement or observation...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O5-03.pdf
Keywords: rb, ect, structural instability indices
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Title: Towards a New Chain of Models for Avalanche Hazard Forecasting in French Mountain Ranges, Including Low Altitude Mountains
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Matthieu Lafaysse, Samuel Morin, Cecile Coleou, Matthieu Vernay, Damien Serca, Francois Besson, Jean-Marie Willemet, Gerald Giraud, Yves Durand
Description: Operational avalanche hazard warning carried out by Météo-France for the three main mountain ranges (Alps, Pyrenees, Corsica) have used snow sim...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O1-02.pdf
Keywords: snow modelling, operational, ground, mid-altitude
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Title: SNOWPACK: Where Do We Stand Today?
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Charles Fierz, Mathias Bavay, Nander Wever, Michael Lehning
Description: We present both snow depth and precipitation driven simulations of the snow cover at Weissfluhjoch, 2540 m a.s.l., near Davos, Switzerland. We perform...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O1-03.pdf
Keywords: snow, snow settlement, snow-cover modelling
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Title: Verification of SNOWPACK Model in the Western Caucasus, Russia, for Spatial Assessment of Snow Cover Stability
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Elena S. Klimenko
Description: We applied physical model Snowpack, developed in Switzerland, to simulate the evolution of snow cover in the Western Caucasus, Russia during three wi...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O1-04.pdf
Keywords: snow cover evolution, physical modeling, snow properties, meteorological data
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Title: Artificial Snow and its Impacts in a Ski Resort and its Mountain Hydrosystem: Example of Avoriaz Resort
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Elodie Magnier
Description: The practice of artificial snowmaking is recent (1950 in the United States) and since 1990, French resorts, including Avoriaz, as well as their Swiss...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O1-11.pdf
Keywords: artificial snow, water resource, mountain area, catchment area, hydrosystem
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Title: Will There (Still) Be Snow for the Upcoming Winter Holidays? On the Conditional Predictability of Snow Conditions Several Weeks to Months in Advance
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Samuel Morin, Matthieu Lafaysse, Cecile Coleou, Yves Lejeune
Description: Modern societies increasingly require anticipation capabilities in virtually all aspects of human life, including snow conditions in mountain regions,...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O1-12.pdf
Keywords: snowpack modelling, predictability, seasonal forecast
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Title: Influence of Upstream Catching Dam Slope on Powder Avalanche
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Caccamo P., Naaim-Bouvet F., Faug T.
Description: The influence of an obstacle on the dynamics of a finite-volume density current modelling a powder-snow avalanche was investigated. A constant volume ...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O1-16.pdf
Keywords: powder snow avalanche, density current, water tank, catching dam, 3d acoustic velocimeter
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Title: Plume Formation in Powder Snow Avalanches
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Perry Bartelt, Yves Bühler, Othmar Buser, Christian Ginzler
Description: A long-standing problem in avalanche science is to model the formation and propagation of icedust clouds that accompany fast moving dry snow flowing a...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O1-18.pdf
Keywords: avalanche dynamics, powder snow avalanches, plume formation, ice-dust cloud, blowout height, suspension layer
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Title: Thermal Energy in Snow Avalanches
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Walter Steinkogler, Betty Sovilla, Tobias Jonas, Michael Lehning
Description: Avalanches can exhibit many different flow regimes from powder clouds to slush flows. Flow regimes are largely controlled by the properties of the sno...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O1-19.pdf
Keywords: snow avalanche, thermal energy, snow entrainment, infrared radiation thermography
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Title: Influence of Summer and Winter Surface Topography on Numerical Avalanche Simulations
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Maggioni M., Bovet, E., Dreier, L., Buehler, Y., Godone, D., Bartelt, P., Freppaz M., Chiaia, B., Segor V.
Description: Numerical avalanche dynamics models are widely used to calculate extreme avalanches for hazard mapping and mitigation measure planning. A basic model ...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O1-21.pdf
Keywords: avalanche modelling, surface topography, running surface, uncertainty
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Title: Systematic Practical Evaluation of Snow Entrainment With the Avalanche Simulation Model SamosAT
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Matthias Granig, Philipp Jorg, Jan-Thomas Fischer
Description: In computational avalanche simulations snow entrainment is one of the key criteria. This fact is displayed for many observed avalanches that could rea...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O1-22.pdf
Keywords: avalanche simulation, samosat, frontal ploughing, basal erosion, snow entrainment, avalanche case study
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Title: Intermittent Drifting Snow – Combining Experimental and Model Studies
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Stefan Horender, Christine D. Groot Zwaaftink, Beni Walter, Michael Lehning
Description: A study combining field observations and wind tunnel measurements of drifting snow is presented. In field measurements we found fluctuations of the s...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O2-06.pdf
Keywords: drifting snow, large eddy simulation, wind tunnel
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Title: A Decade of Snow Water Equivalent Monitoring in the French Mountain Ranges
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Frédéric Gottardi, Paul Carrier, Emmanuel Paquet, Marie-Thérèse Laval, Joël Gailhard, Rémy Garçon
Description: A decade of snow water equivalent monitoring in the French Mountain ranges. Snowpack estimation in mountains is important for hydroelectric power supp...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O2-08.pdf
Keywords: cosmic ray, snow water equivalent, snowpack, automatic snow gauge
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Title: CS725, An Accurate Sensor for the Snow Water Equivalent and Soil Moisture Measurements
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Yves Choquette, Pierre Ducharme, James Rogoza
Description: The CS725 is manufactured by Campbell Scientific (Canada) Corp – CSC and patented by Hydro-Quebec. The CS725 is designed to determine four time...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O2-09.pdf
Keywords: gamma radiation, attenuation, swe, snow melting, soil moisture, cs725
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