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Title: A French Local Tool for Avalanche Hazard Forecasting: Astral, Current State and New Developments: Date: 2002; Authors: Laurent Merindol, Gilbert Guyomarc'h, Gerald Giraud; Description: In several ski resorts, we have distributed a tool named Astral. Every days, this software calculates an Euclidean distance and correlation with past ...; Object ID: issw-2002-105-108.pdf; Keywords: statistical method, avalanche forecasting, weather and snow pack parameters; View additional details about A French Local Tool for Avalanche Hazard Forecasting: Astral, Current State and New Developments

Title: Size/Frequency Power-Law Relationships for Several Groups of Snow Avalanche Paths: Date: 2002; Authors: K.W. Birkeland, C.C. Landry; Description: Our poster summarizes the results of Birkeland and Landry (2002), where we direct the interested reader for more details on this research. Our results...; Object ID: issw-2002-031.pdf; Keywords: avalanches, power laws, size/frequency distributions, scale invariance, self-organized criticality; View additional details about Size/Frequency Power-Law Relationships for Several Groups of Snow Avalanche Paths

Title: Synoptic Scale Storm Tracks with Specific Density Trends, Leading to Natural Avalanches on HW 210, Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah: Date: 2002; Authors: Glen Merrill; Description: A review of historical avalanche and meteorological data for Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah allowed a relationship to be found between synoptic scale ...; Object ID: issw-2002-425-432.pdf; Keywords: natural avalanches, density trends, synoptic scale storm tracks, historical weather data, historical avalanche data; View additional details about Synoptic Scale Storm Tracks with Specific Density Trends, Leading to Natural Avalanches on HW 210, Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah

Title: Determining the Width of a Search Strip for Avalanche Beacons: Date: 2000; Authors: Felix Meier; Description: The width of the coarse search strip that is applied when scanning an avalanche is a major factor influencing the time to locate buried victims. Wide...; Object ID: issw-2000-345-350.pdf; Keywords: avalanche beacons, search strip, field tests; View additional details about Determining the Width of a Search Strip for Avalanche Beacons

Title: Using GIS to Visualize Historical Avalanche Data: Date: 2000; Authors: C. McCollister, K. Birkeland, K. Hansen, R. Aspinall; Description: Most historical avalanche data are stored in tabular form, and are difficult to access and visualize. This project utilizes a Geographic Information S...; Object ID: issw-2000-439.pdf; Keywords: avalanches, avalanche forecasting, geographic information systems (gis), historical avalanche data; View additional details about Using GIS to Visualize Historical Avalanche Data

Title: Powerline Pass - B.C. North Coast Mountain the History of Avalanche Damage, Mitigation and a Modern Epic: Date: 1996; Authors: Scott Flavelle, Hector MacKenzie; Description: Scott Flavelle will trace the history of avalanche damage to the Alcan transmission towers and the various mitigation methods recommended by our avala...; Object ID: issw-1996-268-270.pdf; Keywords: avalanche, history, mitigation, survival; View additional details about Powerline Pass - B.C. North Coast Mountain the History of Avalanche Damage, Mitigation and a Modern Epic

Title: A Database Design for Storage and Retrieval of Snow Profiles on a PC: Date: 1994; Authors: Peter Weir; Description: An application for plotting snow profiles has been designed for the Windows Personal Computer operating environment. A Graphical User Interface allow...; Object ID: issw-1994-185-196.pdf; Keywords: density, snowpack conditions, pc; View additional details about A Database Design for Storage and Retrieval of Snow Profiles on a PC

Title: Measurements of the Electric Field Gradient in a Blizzard: Date: 1994; Authors: Scott Schmidt, Jim Dent; Description: In the transport of heavy particulates by wind, as in blizzards and sand storms, much of the particulate flux occurs very near the surface by a proces...; Object ID: issw-1994-197-202.pdf; Keywords: cornices, triggering, blizzards, saltation; View additional details about Measurements of the Electric Field Gradient in a Blizzard

Title: Applications of Snotel Data in Formulating the South-Central Montana Avalanche Advisory: Date: 1990; Authors: Richard Fike, Vic Pedersen, Gerald Beard, Phil Farnes; Description: Since the winter of 1987-1988, the South-Central Montana Avalanche Advisory Group (SCMAA) has issued advisories weekly during the avalanche season. Th...; Object ID: issw-1990-039-048.pdf; Keywords: snotel data, avalanche advisory, scmaa, forecasts, scs, sli; View additional details about Applications of Snotel Data in Formulating the South-Central Montana Avalanche Advisory

Title: Computer Helped Avalanche Forecasting in rance: Date: 1988; Authors: Jerome Lafeuille, Eric Brun; Description: Noticeable developments were achieved in recent years in France in the field of avalanche forecasting, due to the evolution of technological, and orga...; Object ID: issw-1988-063-068.pdf; Keywords: computer, forecasting, technology, snow data; View additional details about Computer Helped Avalanche Forecasting in rance

Title: Comparisons of Colorado, E. Sierra, Coastal Alaska, and Western Norway Avalanche Runout Data: Date: 1988; Authors: Arthur I. Mears; Description: Avalanche runout-distance data from 130 Colorado paths, 90 E. Sierra paths and 52 Coastal Alaska paths are compared with data obtained from III paths ...; Object ID: issw-1988-232-238.pdf; Keywords: runout distance, regression equation, mountain areas; View additional details about Comparisons of Colorado, E. Sierra, Coastal Alaska, and Western Norway Avalanche Runout Data

Title: Avalanche Forecast: Experience Using Nearest Neighbors: Date: 1984; Authors: O. Buser, W. Good; Description: NXDAYS, the non-parametric avalanche forecast model, is discussed in the context of historical development of multivariate, multinormal discriminant t...; Object ID: ISSW-1984-109-115.pdf; Keywords: avalanche forecast model, avalanche days; View additional details about Avalanche Forecast: Experience Using Nearest Neighbors