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Title: Evaluation of the Shovel Shear Test
Date: 1988
Authors: Peter Schaerer
Description: The shovel shear test - an index observation of the stability of snow packs - consists of cutting a vertical column of snow, applying a force by press...
Object ID: issw-1988-274-276.pdf
Keywords: snow pack, stability, shovel shear test, failure, snow layer
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Title: The Hydrological Importance of Avalanche Snow, Kaghan Valley, Himalaya Mountains, Pakistan
Date: 1988
Authors: Fes de Scally, Jim Gardner
Description: Spring snowmelt is a significant runoff component in the tributaries of the Indus River located on the south side of the Himalayan crest line. Part of...
Object ID: issw-1988-277-283.pdf
Keywords: snow, avalanche, transport, predication, melting, vertical fall
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Title: Snow Safety and Snow Management for the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympic Games
Date: 1986
Authors: Chris J. Stethem
Description: Snow safety and snow management are important considerations in preparation for the XV Winter Olympics at Calgary, Canada in 1988. Snow safety program...
Object ID: issw-1986-017-019.pdf
Keywords: skiing, transportation, olympics, safety
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Title: Purpose and Progress of National Research Council Report on Snow Avalanches
Date: 1986
Authors: Barry Voight
Description: Extended Abstract: The National Research Council (NRC), as the operating arm of the National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Engineering,...
Object ID: issw-1986-020.pdf
Keywords: forecasting, control, data management, research, information transfer, mitigation activities
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Title: Cornices: Their Growth, Properties and Control
Date: 1986
Authors: Doug McCarty, R. L. Brown, John Montagne
Description: Two types of programs were recently conducted to learn more about snow cornices. The first of these involved a month long study of a cornice to determ...
Object ID: issw-1986-041-045.pdf
Keywords: aerial explosives, air method
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Title: Augmenting Snow by Cloud Seeding: A Tool for Managing Water Resources
Date: 1986
Authors: F.E. Robitaille, F.D. Barlow, J.H. Renick
Description: A research aircraft has been used to document the microphysical characteristics of winter clouds over the Alberta Rockies. Data shows that the potenti...
Object ID: issw-1986-056-060.pdf
Keywords: managing, alberta rockies, snowfall, cloud seeding
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Title: Electrical Measurements of Snow Wetness in Undisturbed Snow
Date: 1986
Authors: James A. Bergman
Description: Snow wetness along with other factors can directly affect avalanche potential. During 2 recent winters, the wetness of undisturbed snow at the USDA Fo...
Object ID: issw-1986-064-068.pdf
Keywords: snow wetness, snowpack, twin-disc capacitance sensor
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Title: Recent Developments of Snow Moisture Dielectric Devices
Date: 1986
Authors: A. Denoth, A. Foglar
Description: Dielectric measuring methods of the liquid water content make use of the substantial difference between the permittivities of dry snow and water. Diff...
Object ID: issw-1986-072-076.pdf
Keywords: dry snow, dielectric, liquid water, snow volume
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Title: Sensor Frequency, Wave Guide Orientation and Type, and Their Influence on Acoustic Emission Monitoring of Snow Pack Stability
Date: 1986
Authors: Robert J. Watters, Kirk Swanson
Description: Acoustic emission monitoring of the snow pack indicates that 1) acoustic emission rate is related to settlement, creep and snow loading rate; 2) snow ...
Object ID: issw-1986-081-085.pdf
Keywords: stability, snowpack, frequency, density, skiing activity
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Title: An Intercomparison of Snow Cover Liquid Water Measurement Techniques
Date: 1986
Authors: H. S. Boyne, D. Fisk
Description: The amount and distribution of liquid water is important for assessing the mechanical strength, meltwater generation and meltwater transmission is sno...
Object ID: issw-1986-086.pdf
Keywords: strength, transmissions, snow cover, electromagnetic spectrum
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Title: Seasonal Snow Cover Monitoring Using FMCW Radar
Date: 1986
Authors: H. Gubler, P. Weilenmann
Description: Stationary, ground-buried and mobile, sledge mounted FMCW radars have been used for five years to investigate snow stratigraphy. The systems have prov...
Object ID: issw-1986-087-097.pdf
Keywords: fmcw radars, stratigraphy, layering, meltwater, flow depth
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Title: Low Cost Determination of Snow Accumulation
Date: 1986
Authors: Norbert B. Wagner
Description: An inexpensive commercial instrument has been developed for measuring snow depths. The Belfort 900 uses acoustic ranging techniques to sense the surfa...
Object ID: issw-1986-143-145.pdf
Keywords: snow depths, acoustic ranging, reference level
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Title: Research and Development Pertaining to Steel Wire Rope Net Systems for the Prevention of Snow Avalanches
Date: 1986
Authors: Robert A. Thommen, Jr.
Description: Avalanches are most effectively prevented using support structures installed at the avalanche starting zone. All types of support structures were intr...
Object ID: issw-1986-201-206.pdf
Keywords: prevention, steel wire rope nets, control
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Title: The Swiss Rutschblock Snow Stability Evaluation Test
Date: 1986
Authors: Danny Whitmore, Susan A. Burak, James Malone, Robert E. Davis
Description: Conventional backcountry shear tests of the snow pack are compared with the Swiss Rutschblock test on steep, stable slopes. Conventional tests use a v...
Object ID: issw-1986-207-209.pdf
Keywords: snow pack, rutschblock, slab strength, backcountry skiing
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Title: Global Snow Studies Utilizing Microwave Radiometry
Date: 1986
Authors: J.L. Foster, D.K. Hall, A.T.C. Chang
Description: A movie presentation has been prepared by the Hydrological Sciences Branch of NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center in order to increase awareness of the p...
Object ID: issw-1986-231-233.pdf
Keywords: microwave, snow hydrology, snow depth, snowcover
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