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Title: RegObs - Public Database for Submitting and Sharing Observations: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: Ragnar Ekker, Kjetil KvÃ¦rne, Aslak Os, Tore Humstad, Anders Wartiainen, Vidar Eide, Ravi Kjell Hansen; Description: regObs is a tool for submitting and sharing observations needed by The Norwegian Avalanche Center. We have developed regObs as a public tool supportin...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P5-42.pdf; Keywords: regobs, norwegian avalanche center, database, observations, open source, public licence policy; View additional details about RegObs - Public Database for Submitting and Sharing Observations

Title: Snaps - Snow, Ice and Avalanche Applications: Date: 2012; Authors: Harpa GrÃmsdÃ³ttir, Magni Hreinn JÃ³nsson, Krister Kristensen, Hedda Breien; Description: The SNAPS project focuses on snow and avalanche services for transport infrastructure in selected areas within the Northern Periphery in Iceland, Norw...; Object ID: issw-2012-161-164.pdf; Keywords: avalanches, avalanche forecasting, transport, snow models, snow maps; View additional details about Snaps - Snow, Ice and Avalanche Applications

Title: The Avalx Public Avalanche Forecasting System: Date: 2012; Authors: Grant Statham, Scott Campbell, Karl Klassen; Description: In November 2011, Parks Canada, the Canadian Avalanche Centre and Alberta Parks Kananaskis Country launched a new avalanche bulletin system named Aval...; Object ID: issw-2012-165-171.pdf; Keywords: avalanche forecasting, avalanche hazard assessment, canadian avalanche centre; View additional details about The Avalx Public Avalanche Forecasting System

Title: Mitigating Your (Legal) Risk as a Forecaster â€“ Where Are Your Own Liabilities/Risks/Tensions: Date: 2012; Authors: Tracey Knutson; Description: Avalanche forecasters, like most other professionals these days, can have legal liability or exposure to legal liability for actions (or inactions) ta...; Object ID: issw-2012-227-233.pdf; Keywords: avalanche forecasting, avalanche hazard assessment, liability; View additional details about Mitigating Your (Legal) Risk as a Forecaster â€“ Where Are Your Own Liabilities/Risks/Tensions

Title: Close Encounters With Avalanches During Rain-On-Snow: Lessons Learned: Date: 2012; Authors: W. Carran, H. Conway, A. Carran, Milford Team; Description: Two close encounters with avalanches during rain-on-snow in the spring of 1996 were aha-moments for the Milford Road avalanche program; these definin...; Object ID: issw-2012-285-289.pdf; Keywords: instability assessment, snow stability evaluation, explosives, start zones; View additional details about Close Encounters With Avalanches During Rain-On-Snow: Lessons Learned

Title: Cooling and Avalanches: Date: 2012; Authors: Penelope H. Goddard; Description: Avalanches which occur during periods of cooling are important because they can surprise people, even very experienced practitioners. However, the inf...; Object ID: issw-2012-580-585.pdf; Keywords: freezing levels, slab failure, snow surface temperature, snowpack conditions; View additional details about Cooling and Avalanches

Title: Properties of Weak Layers Composed of Precipitation Particles In and Near Avalanche Starting Zones in Japan: Date: 2012; Authors: Shinji Ikeda, Tomoyuki Noro; Description: To gain further insight into the properties of weak layers composed of precipitation particles(PP weak layer), we analyzed 18 measurement datasets. A...; Object ID: issw-2012-586-590.pdf; Keywords: weak layer, fracture lines, snow crystals, avalanche forecast; View additional details about Properties of Weak Layers Composed of Precipitation Particles In and Near Avalanche Starting Zones in Japan

Title: Back-Calculation of Small Avalanches with the 2D Avalanche Dynamics Model Ramms: Four Events Artificially Triggered at the Seehore Test Site in Aosta Valley (NW Italy): Date: 2012; Authors: M. Maggioni, M. Freppaz, M. Christen, P. Bartelt, E. Zanini; Description: Avalanche dynamics models are widely used to simulate extreme avalanches for hazard mapping purposes; they are well developed and calibrated on numero...; Object ID: issw-2012-591-598.pdf; Keywords: avalanche dynamics, hazard mapping, photogrammetry,; View additional details about Back-Calculation of Small Avalanches with the 2D Avalanche Dynamics Model Ramms: Four Events Artificially Triggered at the Seehore Test Site in Aosta Valley (NW Italy)

Title: Automated Detection and Monitoring of Glide-Snow Events Using Satellite Based Optical Remote Sensing and Terrestrial Photography: Date: 2012; Authors: Sebastian Feick, Christoph Mitterer, Lisa Dreier, Stephan Harvey, JÃ¼rg Schweizer; Description: On steep slopes the full snowpack can glide on the ground, tension cracks may open and eventually the slope fails as full-depth avalanche (glide-snow ...; Object ID: issw-2012-603-609.pdf; Keywords: glide avalanches, soil-snow interface, time lapse camera; View additional details about Automated Detection and Monitoring of Glide-Snow Events Using Satellite Based Optical Remote Sensing and Terrestrial Photography

Title: Towards a Better Understanding of Glide-Snow Avalanche Formation: Date: 2012; Authors: Christoph Mitterer, JÃ¼rg Schweizer; Description: Full-depth avalanches (i.e. glide-snow avalanches) often release due to either a failure in the basal layer (e.g. depth hoar) or a failure at the snow...; Object ID: issw-2012-610-616.pdf; Keywords: glide avalanche, full depth avalanche, avalanche simulation, temperature gradients, rain on snow; View additional details about Towards a Better Understanding of Glide-Snow Avalanche Formation

Title: Mechanics of Weak Layer Snow Under Cyclic Loading Studied By FEM: Date: 2012; Authors: Evgeny A. Podolskiy, Guillaume Chambon; Description: The mechanical behavior of snow weak layers is a crucial element in dry snow slab avalanche forecasting. Here, we use Finite Element Method (FEM) mod...; Object ID: issw-2012-617-621.pdf; Keywords: dry slab avalanche, elasticity, weak layer; View additional details about Mechanics of Weak Layer Snow Under Cyclic Loading Studied By FEM

Title: Avalanche Simulations in Forested Terrain: A Framework Towards a Bayesian Probabilistic Model Calibration: Date: 2012; Authors: Michaela Teich, Irene Vasella, Perry Bartelt, Peter Bebi, Thomas Feistl, Adrienne GrÃªt Regamey; Description: Avalanche dynamics models are used for hazard zoning and engineering to predict runout distances and impact pressures of snow avalanche events. The ef...; Object ID: issw-2012-628-632.pdf; Keywords: avalanche simulation, avalanche dynamics, avalanche runout, swiss alps; View additional details about Avalanche Simulations in Forested Terrain: A Framework Towards a Bayesian Probabilistic Model Calibration

Title: Real Time Snow Slope Stability Modeling of Direct Action Avalanches: Date: 2012; Authors: Scott Havens, H.P. Marshall, Chris Covington, Bill Nicholson, Howard Conway; Description: Improved prediction of the timing of direct action avalanches that occur during storms is needed for highway forecasting operations. A SNOw Slope Stab...; Object ID: issw-2012-866-871.pdf; Keywords: direct action avalanche, avalanche observation, snowpack model, meteorological data; View additional details about Real Time Snow Slope Stability Modeling of Direct Action Avalanches

Title: Timing of Wet Snow Avalanche Activity: An Analysis from Glacier National Park, Montana, USA: Date: 2012; Authors: Erich H. Peitzsch, Jordy Hendrikx, Daniel B. Fagre; Description: Wet snow avalanches pose a problem for annual spring road opening operations along the Going-to-the-Sun Road (GTSR) in Glacier National Park, Montana,...; Object ID: issw-2012-884-891.pdf; Keywords: wet snow avalanches, glide avalanches, glacier national park, avalanche forecasting; View additional details about Timing of Wet Snow Avalanche Activity: An Analysis from Glacier National Park, Montana, USA

Title: Monitoring Glide Avalanches Using Time-Lapse Photography: Date: 2012; Authors: Alec van Herwijnen, Ron Simenhois; Description: Glide avalanches can present a significant hazard to people and property in snowy climates. These often destructive avalanches are difficult to foreca...; Object ID: issw-2012-899-903.pdf; Keywords: glide avalaches, time-lapse photography, start zones, switzerland; View additional details about Monitoring Glide Avalanches Using Time-Lapse Photography

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