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Title: Estimation of New Snow Density Using 42 Years of Meteorological Data from Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, Wyoming
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Patrick J. Wright, Bob Comey, Chris McCollister, Mike Rheam
Description: New snow density is a key parameter for daily forecasting of avalanche hazard. However, there is currently not a reliable automated measurement of new...
Object ID: ISSW16_P4.05.pdf
Keywords: snow density, snow water equivalent, avalanche forecasting
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Title: Synoptic Meteorological Conditions Associated With Snow Drift And Avalanche Activity in a High Arctic Maritime Snow Climate
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Holt J. Hancock, Jordy Hendrikx, Karl Birkeland, Markus Eckerstorfer, Hanne H. Christiansen
Description: Avalanche activity in snow climates dominated by direct-action avalanches is primarily controlled by the local and synoptic scale meteorological condi...
Object ID: ISSW16_P4.06.pdf
Keywords: snow drift, synoptic avalanche forecasting, svalbard
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Title: Extended Column Test: Repeatability and Comparison to Slope Stability and the Rutschblock
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Frank Techel, Matthias Walcher, Kurt Winkler
Description: Information on snow stability is key information when assessing the avalanche situation. However, stability tests like the Extended Column Test (ECT) ...
Object ID: ISSW16_P4.08.pdf
Keywords: extended column test, rutschblock, test repeatability, snow stability, fracture propagation
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Title: Validation of a Coupled Weather and Snowpack Model Across Western Montana
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Kyle Van Peursem, Jordy Hendrikx, Karl Birkeland, Dan Miller, Chris Gibson
Description: Predicting avalanche danger depends on knowledge of the existing snowpack structure and the current and forecasted weather conditions. In remote and d...
Object ID: ISSW16_P4.11.pdf
Keywords: snow cover models, weather models, snowpack, wrf, avalanche forecasting
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Title: Description and Evaluation of the New French Operational Chain of Models for Avalanche Hazard Forecasting Incorporating a Drifting Snow Scheme
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Gilbert Guyomarch, Vincent Vionnet, Matthieu Lafaysse, Gérald Giraud, Yannick Déliot, Florence Naaim-Bouvet
Description: It is well known by avalanche forecasters that wind plays a determinant role in shaping the small-scale distribution of snow and strongly influences t...
Object ID: ISSW16_P4.14.pdf
Keywords: drifting snow events, tools for avalanche forecasters, avalanche hazard forecasting
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Title: Monitoring Avalanches on Ca 120 in Yosemite National Park
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Sue Burak, Edward Bair
Description: Avalanches are a serious hazard to Yosemite National Park personnel during spring snow removal operations along California Highway 120, the Tioga Pass...
Object ID: ISSW16_P4.21.pdf
Keywords: avalanche, glide, yosemite national park, wet snow
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Title: The Five Decisive Avalanche Problems
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Rudi Mair
Description: Making forecasts and compiling studies of hundreds of avalanches for 25 years have demonstrated one thing to us: Avalanches are no coincidence. They ...
Object ID: ISSW16_P4.25.pdf
Keywords: danger patterns, snowdrifts, gliding snow, old snow, fresh-fallen snow, wet snow
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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: Visualizing Snow Profiles
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Matthias Gerber, Charles Fierz, Pascal Haegeli
Description: The introduction of the CAAML 5.0 Profile for IACS Snow Profiles (Haegeli et al., 2010) created the necessary foundation for facilitating the exchange...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P5-44.pdf
Keywords: information exchange, xml, caaml 5.0, iacs, snow profile, visualization
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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: Artificial Avalanche Release and the Probability of Triggering Secondary Avalanches
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Lukas Stoffel, Stefan Margreth, Jurg Schweizer
Description: Today, avalanches are often artificially triggered to protect ski areas and to some extent, transportation routes and residential areas. During avalan...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O1-14.pdf
Keywords: artificial release of avalanches, secondary avalanches, application of artificial avalanche release, safety concept
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