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Title: The Road Closure Decision in Little Cottonwood Canyon
Date: 1994
Authors: Gail Blattenberger, Richard Fowles
Description: Statistical models of different types have been used in avalanche forecasting. This paper provides a comparison of several types of models in applicat...
Object ID: issw-1994-537-547.pdf
Keywords: forecasting, statistical models, danger
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Title: Modal Analysis: A Dynamic Ski Test
Date: 1994
Authors: Mr. Bob Rice, Dr. Rand Decker, Dr. Richard W. Shorthill
Description: The dynamic behavior of skis is investigated using a digital spectrum analyzer and measuring both the input force and the response motion. The natural...
Object ID: issw-1994-606-616.pdf
Keywords: skis, ski damages
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Title: An Operational Computer Program to Predict Avalanche Occurence on Paths Affecting the Highway in Little Cottonwood Canyon
Date: 1994
Authors: Matt Christensen
Description: This poster session will include demonstration of a user-friendly computer package written to assist highway avalanche forecasters in Little Cottonwoo...
Object ID: issw-1994-669.pdf
Keywords: computer, forecasting, avalanche
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Title: Observations of a Slushflow on a Low-Angle Slope in West Karakol Valley, Kirgizstan, Middle Asia
Date: 1992
Authors: Kelly Elder, Richard Kattelmann
Description: A rare observation of a slushflow that released on a low-angle slope was made on 16 May, 1992 in the West Karakol Valley, southern Kirgiz Range, Kirgi...
Object ID: issw-1992-309-316.pdf
Keywords: snowpack, precipitation, starting zone, slushflow
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Title: Observations from a Statistical Model for Maximum Avalanche Run-Out Distances in Southwest Montana
Date: 1992
Authors: L.R. McKittrick, R.L. Brown
Description: An extreme value (Gumbel) distribution was evaluated as a model of maximum avalanche run-out distances in Southwest Montana. The model is defined in t...
Object ID: issw-1992-326-334.pdf
Keywords: model, runout, avalanche path, slope
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Title: Operational Use of the Model Crocus by French Avalanche Forecast Services
Date: 1990
Authors: E. Brun
Description: Since 1971, the operational avalanche forecasting is operated by the french national meteorological service in the Alpes and in the Pyrenees. In the ...
Object ID: issw-1990-031-037.pdf
Keywords: snow pit, snow cover, stability, altitudes, slopes, orientation
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Title: Maximum Avalanche Runout Mapping; A Case Study from the Central Sierra Nevada
Date: 1990
Authors: Hans Frutiger
Description: In 1983 an avalanche hazard map (AHM) had been prepared for Galena Basin in the Central Sierra Nevada. That area was to be developed as a ski resort a...
Object ID: issw-1990-245-251.pdf
Keywords: topographic, snowstorm, friction, velocity, runout distance
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Title: Statistical Analysis of Snow Stability, Alpine Meadows Ski Resort, California
Date: 1988
Authors: Kirk Swanson
Description: Time series relationships between meteorologic conditions and avalanche activity were determined for controlled avalanche paths at Alpine Meadows Ski ...
Object ID: issw-1988-073-082.pdf
Keywords: forecasting, avalanche, stability, snow
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Title: Three Dimensional Snow Transport Modeling Over Mountainous Terrain
Date: 1988
Authors: T.W. Tesche, Dennis E. McNally
Description: The Snow Accumulation and Numerical Transport Algorithms (SANTA) modeling system integrates a Hountain Windfield Hodel (HWH), a sophisticated Transpor...
Object ID: issw-1988-091-097.pdf
Keywords: forecasting, snowfall, terrain, santa model
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Title: A Deterministic Model for Snowdrift Accumulation
Date: 1986
Authors: Neil H. Berg
Description: A set of hypotheses concerning the development of snowdrifts on natural alpine terrain was transformed into a model predicting the location and extent...
Object ID: issw-1986-029-036.pdf
Keywords: alpine terrain, windspeed, snowfall
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Title: A Simple Orographic Precipitation Model for the Pacific Northwest
Date: 1986
Authors: P.S. Hayes
Description: A two dimensional model of wind flow is used to compute vertical velocities using an accurate model of topography in the Pacific Northwest. A simple ...
Object ID: issw-1986-046-055.pdf
Keywords: wind flow, velocities, precipitation
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Title: Local Transformations to Simulate Two Dimensional Dendritic Crystal Growth
Date: 1986
Authors: Walter Good
Description: Natural processes that are far from near-quilibrium and show forms of self- organization are extremely difficult to model with classical physical met...
Object ID: issw-1986-103-107.pdf
Keywords: natural processes, model, crystal growth
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Title: A Three Dimensional Dynamic Model of Turbulent Avalanche Flow
Date: 1986
Authors: T. W. Tesche
Description: Methods for modeling avalanche dynamics have evolved from the analogy with water flow in open channels. Voellmy (1955) pioneered the first general mod...
Object ID: issw-1986-111-137.pdf
Keywords: water flow, runout distance, newtonian
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Title: Avalanche Information Systems in Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada
Date: 1984
Authors: Gavin More, Olaf Niemann, Glen Langford
Description: A computer oriented approach to collate avalanche and geographic information was developed to provide hazard evaluations for a variety of purposes. Th...
Object ID: ISSW-1984-008-011.pdf
Keywords: computer, avalanche, harzard, modeling, mapping
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Title: Effect of Simple Terrain Parameters on Avalanche Frequency
Date: 1984
Authors: Arthur Judson, Rudy M. King
Description: Analysis of avalanche frequency as a function of topographic parameters in Colorado found that the path angle (P) and angle (R) in the last 100 m to t...
Object ID: ISSW-1984-012-023.pdf
Keywords: frequency, topographic parameters, highway
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