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Title: Ten Years of Avalanche Deaths in the United States, 1999/00 to 2008/09
Date: 2010
Authors: Dale Atkins
Description: After reaching a twenty-year low in the late 1980s avalanche deaths in the United States soared during the 1990s and spiked in 2007/08 with 36 deaths,...
Object ID: ISSW_P-089.pdf
Keywords: avalanche, avalanche accident, avalanche fatalities, united states
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Title: A Look Back on the Avalanche Cycle in Queyras in December 2008
Date: 2010
Authors: Romain Gaucher, Sebastien Escand, Mylene Bonnefoy, Xavier Pasquier, Nicolas Eckert
Description: Almost ten years after the catastrophic avalanche in Chamonix, which killed 39 people in February 1999, the French Alps has been the theatre of a new ...
Object ID: ISSW_P-090.pdf
Keywords: accumulation, unpredicted avalanches
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Title: The Significance of the Official Avalanche Report As Reflected in the Snow Conditions in the Area of the Planneralm (Styria - Austria)
Date: 2010
Authors: Arnold Studeregger, Alexander Podesse
Description: In the season 2002/2003 the idea was seized to review the official avalanche report. At this that the official avalanche report is published in the mo...
Object ID: ISSW_P-091.pdf
Keywords: forecast, meteorological data, snow profiles, snow cover test
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Title: An Extreme Slush and Slab Avalanche Event in High Arctic Maritime Svalbard
Date: 2010
Authors: Markus Eckerstorfer, Hanne H. Christiansen
Description: Ten slush avalanches and 31 slab avalanches were observed and documented in a 16.8 km² large mountainous area, around Svalbard’s main settle...
Object ID: ISSW_P-093.pdf
Keywords: slushflow, snowpack, solid precipitation
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Title: Case Study: Schober Avalanche on February 28th, 2009, Styria, Austria
Date: 2010
Authors: A. Studeregger, H. Rieder, A. Riegler, G. Zenkl
Description: On February 28th, 2009 at 07.00 a.m. the Schober avalanche cracked in an altitude of 1820 m above sea level as a slab avalanche with a fracture depth ...
Object ID: ISSW_P-094.pdf
Keywords: wet snow avalanche, slab avalanche, snow drift, styrian avalanche service
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Title: Avalanche Ecology and Large Magnitude Avalanche Events – Glacier National Park, Montana, usa
Date: 2010
Authors: Daniel B. Fagre, Erich H. Peitzsch
Description: Large magnitude snow avalanches play an important role ecologically in terms of wildlife habitat, vegetation diversity, and sediment transport within ...
Object ID: ISSW_P-095.pdf
Keywords: ecology, wildlife habitat, vegetation diversity, sediment transport, post-avalanche vegetation
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Title: Using Dendroecological Indicators to Produce and Avalanche Chronolgy of Penguin Slide, Chucach Range, Alaska
Date: 2010
Authors: Michaela Precourt, Jennifer Diep, Eeva Latosou
Description: Information derived from tree rings can be analyzed to produce an avalanche chronology, along with the help of historical records such as weather and ...
Object ID: ISSW_P-096.pdf
Keywords: dendroecology, tree ring analysis, snow avalanche chronology
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Title: Avalanche Activity on US Highway 12
Date: 2010
Authors: Mick Riffie
Description: US 12 in Idaho runs east from Lewiston, Idaho to the Montana border at Lolo Pass and on to Missoula. Travelling east of the town of Kooskia, the highw...
Object ID: ISSW_P-097.pdf
Keywords: avalanche hazard, us highway 12, kooskia
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Title: Using GIS and Google Earth for the Creation of the Going-to-the-Sun Road Avalanche Atlas, Glacier National Park, Montana, USA
Date: 2010
Authors: Erich H. Peitzsch, Daniel B. Fagre, Mark Dundas
Description: Snow avalanche paths are key geomorphologic features in Glacier National Park, Montana, and an important component of mountain ecosystems: they are is...
Object ID: ISSW_P-098.pdf
Keywords: google earth, geographic information systems (gis), glacier national park, montana, biodiversity, atlas
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Title: Avalanche Control: Inventory and Analysis of Preventive Triggering Methods in the World
Date: 2010
Authors: Bourjaillat Fanny, Dr Berthet-Rambaud Philippe
Description: Artificial avalanches release is based on the use of specials systems or process and appears to be one of the main solution to cope with avalanches r...
Object ID: ISSW_P-101.pdf
Keywords: preventive avalanche release, efficiency, regulations
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Title: How to Turn a Kids Bike into a Bomb Tram for Avalanche Control Work
Date: 2010
Authors: David Immeker
Description: Bomb trams have been used for many years in the ski industry to deliver an explosive air blast to avalanche starting zones. During the last few years...
Object ID: ISSW_P-102.pdf
Keywords: avalance control, bomb trams, startzing zones
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Title: Meteorological and Environmental Observations from Three Glide Avalanche Cycles and the Resulting Hazard Management Technique
Date: 2010
Authors: Ron Simenhois, Karl Birkeland
Description: Glide avalanches are a significant hazard that threatens people and property in many snowy climates. They are hard to control, poorly understood, and ...
Object ID: ISSW_P-104.pdf
Keywords: glide avalanches, cylces, hazard management, snowpack
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Title: A New System of Rapidly Installed Avalanche Barriers
Date: 2010
Authors: V. Segor, C. Vicari, F. Saravalle, R. Di Bella
Description: The winter of 2008-2009 will be recalled as an exceptional one. The small region of the Aosta Valley, situated in North–West Italy, and borderi...
Object ID: ISSW_P-105.pdf
Keywords: building, roads, avalanche, structure
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Title: Dynamic Avalanche Modeling in Natural Terrain
Date: 2009
Authors: J.T. Fischer, J. Kowalski, S.P. Pudasaini, S. A. Miller
Description: The powerful avalanche simulation toolbox RAMMS (Rapid Mass Movements) is based on a depth-averaged hydrodynamic system of equations with a Voellmy-Sa...
Object ID: issw-2009-0448-0453.pdf
Keywords: snow, avalanche, dynamics, modeling, natural terrain, curvature
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Title: The 2008-2009 Exceptional Snowfalls in the Italian Alpa: Threshold Sum Approach and Analysis of the SNOWPACK Model Stability Indices
Date: 2009
Authors: Fabiano Monti, Anselmo Cagnati, Mauro Valt
Description: The 2008-2009 winter season has been characterized by exceptional snowfalls in the Italian Alps; it has been one of the 3-4 snowiest seasons since 193...
Object ID: issw-2009-0318-0322.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, snow stability evaluation, snowpack stratigraphy, snowpack model
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