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Title: Visualization and Analysis of the Swiss Avalanche Bulletin Using GPS: Date: 1996; Authors: Heiri Leuthold, Britta Allgower; Description: For the visualization of the (verbal) Swiss avalanche bulletin a GIS prototype was developed which aims at the prediction of the local avalanche hazar...; Object ID: issw-1996-035-040.pdf; Keywords: avalanche bulletin, geographic information systems (gis), hazard mapping, visualization; View additional details about Visualization and Analysis of the Swiss Avalanche Bulletin Using GPS

Title: Acoustic Detection System for Operational Avalanche Forecasting: Date: 1996; Authors: V. Chritin, M. Rossi, R. Bolognesi; Description: Applied acoustics has recently come to the fore as a useful tool for improving avalanche forecasting by supplying the means of automatically detecting...; Object ID: issw-1996-149-153.pdf; Keywords: avalanche forecast, avalanche warning, sensor, acoustics; View additional details about Acoustic Detection System for Operational Avalanche Forecasting

Title: Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Avalanches: Some Applications: Date: 1994; Authors: Anupam Tyagi; Description: Geographic Information Systems' (GIS) ability to analyze spatial information has also rendered it. t.o be a useful tool in examining complex propertie...; Object ID: issw-1994-668.pdf; Keywords: geographic information systems (gis), avalanche paths; View additional details about Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Avalanches: Some Applications

Title: Toward the Development of Areal Warning System of Blowing Snow: Date: 1994; Authors: Masao Higashiura, Takeshi Sato, Tadashi Kimura, Masayuki Maki, Koyuru Iwanami; Description: With rapid progress of motorization, automobile transportation has come into wide use in snowy regions in Japan. But such automobile transportation so...; Object ID: issw-1994-203-210.pdf; Keywords: blowing snow, transportation, forecasting, warning system; View additional details about Toward the Development of Areal Warning System of Blowing Snow

Title: Computer Assistance in Avalanche Forecasting: Date: 1994; Authors: David M. McClung; Description: In this paper, I discuss two computerized modules for avalanche forecasting, including results of field testing and experiences with the products. Ava...; Object ID: issw-1994-310-313.pdf; Keywords: forecasting, snow profiles, snow stability; View additional details about Computer Assistance in Avalanche Forecasting

Title: Use of Recco System to Locate Buried Roads in a Winter Environment: Date: 1994; Authors: Mike Stanford; Description: Each winter, Stevens Pass, the North Cascade Highway, and other Washington state highways which pass over the Cascades, are covered with a blanket of ...; Object ID: issw-1994-601-605.pdf; Keywords: avalanche rescue; View additional details about Use of Recco System to Locate Buried Roads in a Winter Environment

Title: The Use of Computer-Based Quantitative Stereology for Studying Microstucture of Snow: Date: 1992; Authors: M.Q. Edens, R.L. Brown; Description: In an earlier study software was developed for the automated measurement of snow microstructural parameters by means of quantitative stereology. Compa...; Object ID: issw-1992-010.pdf; Keywords: artifical snow, spherical particles; View additional details about The Use of Computer-Based Quantitative Stereology for Studying Microstucture of Snow

Title: Road Weather Information Systems a New Data Source?: Date: 1990; Authors: S. Edward Boselly; Description: As far back as 25 years ago, sensors were developed to determine the temperature and condition of road surfaces. Unfortunately, not a lot was known (o...; Object ID: issw-1990-010-018.pdf; Keywords: temperature, road surfaces, rwis, shrp; View additional details about Road Weather Information Systems a New Data Source?

Title: A Computerized System Designed for Local Avalanche Hazard Forecasting in Tignes, Savoie, France: Date: 1990; Authors: Edouardo Garreaud, Lionel Navillod, Henry Schniewind; Description: The SERVICE DES PISTES DE TIGNES (Tignes Ski Patrol) began developing a computerized system with the help of Edouardo Garreaud in 1986, to explore new...; Object ID: issw-1990-049-062.pdf; Keywords: computerized system, forecasting, snow-meteorological, snowpack, avalanche activity; View additional details about A Computerized System Designed for Local Avalanche Hazard Forecasting in Tignes, Savoie, France

Title: Supplying the Catalan Pyrenees (Spain) With a Public Avalanche Warning System: Date: 1990; Authors: Gloria Furdada, Joan Manuel Vilaplana, Xavier Bosch, Pere Martinez; Description: Catalonia is a country with an important mountaineering tradition. Moreover, there has been a winter tourism boom over the last 10 years. This phenome...; Object ID: issw-1990-119-129.pdf; Keywords: tourism, mountaineering, weekly bulletin; View additional details about Supplying the Catalan Pyrenees (Spain) With a Public Avalanche Warning System

Title: Mobile Gun Positions: Date: 1988; Authors: Bruce Allen; Description: This paper discusses the mobile gun position system used by the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Highways in their avalanche control pr...; Object ID: issw-1988-041-046.pdf; Keywords: mobile gun, control, avalanche; View additional details about Mobile Gun Positions

Title: Bc Ministry of Transportation and Highways Remote Weather Station System Overview: Date: 1988; Authors: J. Bay; Description: The British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Highways Snow Avalanche Section currently maintains a province-wide network of 22 remote weather s...; Object ID: issw-1988-155-157.pdf; Keywords: avalanche, weather stations, hazard, computer; View additional details about Bc Ministry of Transportation and Highways Remote Weather Station System Overview

Title: An Avalauncher Fitting System: Date: 1986; Authors: Chester Marler, Ann L. Fink; Description: A reliable and efficient system of equipping avalaunchers for controlling and accurately measuring nitrogen pressure. The system involves a regulator,...; Object ID: issw-1986-079-080.pdf; Keywords: regulator, hoses, in-line valves and gauges, pressure vessel; View additional details about An Avalauncher Fitting System

Title: A New Classification System for the Seasonal Snow Cover: Date: 1984; Authors: S.C. Colbeck; Description: Unavailable; Object ID: ISSW-1984-179-181.pdf; Keywords: snow crystals, tcsi, growth rate; View additional details about A New Classification System for the Seasonal Snow Cover

Title: Basics of Snowmaking-Decision and Selection: Date: 1982; Authors: Jeffrey A. White; Description: The high cost of today's snowmaking systems, the high cost of money and, very often, inordinately high operating costs means a ski area can no longer...; Object ID: issw-1982-017-018.pdf; Keywords: cost, snowmaking, financial, ski area; View additional details about Basics of Snowmaking-Decision and Selection