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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: 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: Blowing Snow in Antarctica: 3 Years of Continuous Observations in Adélie Land
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Alexandre Trouvilliez, Florence Naaim-Bouvet, Christophe Genthon, Vincent Favier, Luc Piard, Hervé Bellot, Cécile Agosta, Cyril Palerme, Charles Amory
Description: The Surface Mass Balance (SMB) of the Antarctic ice sheet is probably the only important negative contribution to the sea-level rise. Net erosion of s...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O4-29.pdf
Keywords: aeolian transport, blowing snow, drifting snow, antarctica, flowcapt
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Title: Lac Blanc Pass: A Natural Wind-Tunnel for Studying Drifting Snow at 2700ma.s.l
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Florence Naaim-Bouvet, Gilbert Guyomarc’h, Hervé Bellot, Yves Durand, Mohamed Naaim, Vincent Vionnet, Christophe Genthon, Kouichi Nishimura, Yoichi Ito, Alexander Prokop
Description: The investigation of the spatial variability of snow depth in high alpine areas is an important topic in snow hydrology, glacier and avalanche researc...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O4-30.pdf
Keywords: snow, wind, drifting snow, blowing snow, model, sensor
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Title: The Experimental Snow Avalanche Test Site at Seehore Peak in Aosta Valley (IT) MAP3 ALCOTRA Project
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: V. Segor, L. Pitet, M. Maggioni, B. Frigo, M. Freppaz, B. Chiaia, E. Bovet, E. Ceaglio, A. Welf, P. Dellavedova
Description: Since 2009 the Seehore test site is operative within the MonterosaSki resort in Aosta Valley (NW Italy). This real scale test site was intended to stu...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O4-36.pdf
Keywords: small/medium avalanches, real scale test site, dynamics, impact forces, snowdrift
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Title: Integration of a Drifting Snow Scheme in the French Operational Modelling for Avalanche Risk Forecasting: Evaluation by Avalanche Forecasters
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Daniel Goetz, Vincent Latu, Gilbert Guyomarc’h, Yves Durand, Gérald Giraud, Jean-Marie Willemet
Description: Snow drift modelling is a difficult challenge due to the large range of concerned working scales and the permanent interaction between snow, meteorolo...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-10.pdf
Keywords: drifting snow, modelling, avalanche risk, forecast, evaluation
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Title: Drifting and Blowing Snow Measurements: Comparison Between Snow Particle Counter and a Simple Photoelectronic Fork Sensor (Wenglor)
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: H. Bellot, F. Naaim-Bouvet, L. Piard, C.Palerme, C.Genthon
Description: Heterogeneity of snow cover in high mountain area may increase avalanche hazard. In Antarctica, drifting snow plays an important role in the surface m...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-17.pdf
Keywords: blowing snow measurement, spc, wenglor, sensor
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Title: Wind Tunnel Blowing Snow Study: Steady and Unsteady Properties of Wind Velocity, Mass Fluxes and Mass Exchanges
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Mohamed Naaim, Florence NAAIM-BOUVET, Kouichi NISHIMURA, Osamu ABE, Yoichi ITO, Masaki NEMOTO, Kenji KOSUGI
Description: Several CFD snow drift models were proposed in the literature. These models include various assumptions and scaling laws representing the mass exchan...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-62.pdf
Keywords: wind, boundary layer, snow, drifting snow, experimental investigations, saltation, roughness, erosion rate
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Title: Preliminary Measurements and Survey of Snowdrift at the Seehore Avalanche Test Site – Aosta Valley (IT)
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Maggioni M., Durand N., Frigo B., Pallara O., Freppaz M., Dellavedova P., Segor V., Naaim- Bouvet F., Bellot H.
Description: In high elevation areas drifting snow influences the snowpack spatial distribution and consequently its stability. The amount of snow drifted from th...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-65.pdf
Keywords: snowdrift, avalanche release zone, experimental data, nw italian alps
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Title: Technical Handbook “Wind Drift Control Structures in Mountainous Areas”
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Florence Naaim-Bouvet, et Michel Truche
Description: In mountainous areas, drifting snow generates a heterogeneous distribution of the snow: snow is eroded in high wind areas and deposited in sheltered a...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-66.pdf
Keywords: snow, wind, avalanche, wind drift control structure, snow fence, jet roof, wind baffle
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Title: Size Distribution, Schmidt Number and Terminal Velocity of Blowing Snow Particles in the French Alps: Comparison With Previous Studies
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Florence Naaim-Bouvet, Hervé Bellot, Mohamed Naaim, Kouichi Nishimura
Description: Wind-transported snow is a common phenomenon in French Alps, creating snowdrifts and contributing significantly to the loading of avalanche release a...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-67.pdf
Keywords: snow, wind, drifting snow, blowing snow, model, sensor
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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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