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- Title: Use of Thermal Photography to Measure Snowpack Properties
- Date: 2010
- Authors: Cora Shea, Bruce Jamieson
- Description: Many snow processes are linked to snow temperature. A thermal photograph captures tens of thousands of surface temperature measurements in a single, p...
- Object ID: ISSW_O-005.pdf
- Keywords: heat conduction, surface hoar, thermal photography, thermal profile
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- Title: Application of a Numerical Snowpack Model to Estimate Full-Depth Avalanche Danger
- Date: 2010
- Authors: Hiroyuki Hirashima, Isao Kamiishi, Satoru Yamaguchi, Atsushi Sato, Michael Lehning
- Description: Many full-depth avalanches occur in temperate, snowy regions such as the northern part of Honshu, Japan. Such avalanches threaten infrastructure and c...
- Object ID: ISSW_O-008.pdf
- Keywords: snowpack model, water transport, full depth avalanche
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- Title: Experimental Analysis of Snowpack Effects Induced by Blasts
- Date: 2010
- Authors: B. Frigo, B. Chiaia, M. Cardu, A. Giraudi, A. Godio, R. Rege
- Description: An experimental snowfield has been realized in Gressoney La Trinité (Italy) to analyse the response of snowpack to explosives and the induced artif...
- Object ID: ISSW_O-013.pdf
- Keywords: snowpack, explosives, air blast
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- Title: Slope-Scale Snowpack Stability Derived from Multiple Snowmicropen Measurements and High-Resolution Terrestrial FMCW Radar Surveys
- Date: 2010
- Authors: Hans-Peter Marshall, Christine Pielmeier, Scott Havens, Frank Techel
- Description: Slope-scale stability assessments from SnowMicroPen (SMP) profiles and from remote sensing techniques would support avalanche forecasting operations, ...
- Object ID: ISSW_O-018.pdf
- Keywords: snow cover, snow cover stability, snow stability evaluation, micro penetrometer, mechanical properties, avalanche forecasting, remote sensing, radar
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- Title: What Does Your Gut Say and Should You Listen? The Intuitive-Analytical Decision Making Continuum in Mechanized Ski Guiding
- Date: 2010
- Authors: Iain Stewart-Patterson
- Description: Decision-making in avalanche terrain is a complex process. Professional guides have well developed strategies to help them navigate through the challe...
- Object ID: ISSW_O-024.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche terrain, snowpack, mechanized skiing, decision-making
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- Title: Characteristics of Old-Deep-Slab Avalanches
- Date: 2010
- Authors: David Tracz, Bruce Jamieson
- Description: Deep and old slab avalanches (ODS) are often hard-to-forecast. The size and destructive potential of ODS avalanches can be disturbing. As a starting p...
- Object ID: ISSW_O-028.pdf
- Keywords: avalanches, slab depth, age
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- Title: Snowpack Properties of Unstable Wet Snow Slopes: Observations From the Swiss Alps
- Date: 2010
- Authors: Frank Techel, Christine Pielmeier
- Description: Next to meteorological parameters, snowpack properties play a major role in the formation of wet snow avalanches. We investigated profiles observed at...
- Object ID: ISSW_O-036.pdf
- Keywords: wet snow, snow stability, fracture line profiles, snowpack properties
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- Title: Playing CSI: A Case Study of the November 12, 2009 Bozeman, Montana Snow Event
- Date: 2010
- Authors: Benjamin J. Hatchett, Michael L. Kaplan, Darko K. Koracin, John F. Mejia
- Description: On Wednesday November 11, 2009 the National Weather Service called for the
passage of a front across southwestern Montana ahead of a weak low pressur...
- Object ID: ISSW_O-064.pdf
- Keywords: convective snowfall, spatial variability, unbalanced flow
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- Title: Anatomy of a Post Control Release: The Liberty Bowl Event at Big Sky Resort
- Date: 2010
- Authors: Scott Savage
- Description: An impressive early season avalanche cycle occurred during the 2007/2008 winter season at Big Sky Resort in southwestern Montana, culminating in a sig...
- Object ID: ISSW_O-065.pdf
- Keywords: post control release, deep slab instability, explosives, avalanche forecasting
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- Title: An Experimental Investigation of Explosives and Snowpack Dynamic Response
- Date: 2010
- Authors: R.G. Tichota, D.A. Miller, R. Larson, D. Richmond
- Description: Explosives are frequently used for avalanche control in public transportation corridors and within ski area boundaries, yet there has been little rese...
- Object ID: ISSW_P-016.pdf
- Keywords: explosives, snowpack, public transportation
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- Title: 3s Sonic Snow Sensor - A Prototype Acoustic Snow Penetrometer
- Date: 2010
- Authors: Michael Schober, Achim Heilig, Martin Schneebeli, Nora Staack
- Description: High-resolution snow penetrometry has resulted in an improved understanding of the mechanical and stratigraphic properties in a snowpack. However, the...
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- Keywords: snow penetrometer, mechanical properties, stratigraphic properties, avalanche warning
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- Title: Prediction of Slushflow Hazard Based On Data From Local Meteorological Stations
- Date: 2010
- Authors: Steinar Bakkehøi, Erik Hestnes
- Description: Seeking objective criteria for slushflow prediction and warning, meteorological data has been recorded at two slushflow sites in Rana District, North ...
- Object ID: ISSW_P-067.pdf
- Keywords: slushflow, prediction, pressure transmitters, slushflow releases
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- Title: The Avalanche Situation in a Special Winter. Review of the 09/10 Season in Norway
- Date: 2010
- Authors: Christian Jaedicke, Kjetil Brattlien, Regula Frauenfelder, Krister Kristensen, Kalle Kronholm
- Description: The 2009/10 season featured significantly different snow conditions compared to the
usually maritime snow pack in most of Norway. A stable high-press...
- Object ID: ISSW_P-070.pdf
- Keywords: high-pressure system, depth hoar, weak layers, fatalities
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- Title: Some Insights Into Fracture Propagation in Weak Snowpack Layers
- Date: 2010
- Authors: Joachim Heierli, Alec van Herwijnen, Peter Gumbsch, Michael Zaiser
- Description: Dry snow slab avalanches form when fracture, once initiated in a weak snowpack layer, propagates over large distances, progressively debonding a vast ...
- Object ID: ISSW_P-078.pdf
- Keywords: dry snow, weak snowpack layers, fracture
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- Title: Fracture Energy of Weak Snowpack Layers
- Date: 2010
- Authors: Jürg Schweizer, Alec van Herwijnen, Benjamin Reuter
- Description: Recent experimental and theoretical work has provided new insight into weak layer fracture in view of dry-snow slab avalanche release. The two main pa...
- Object ID: ISSW_P-079.pdf
- Keywords: snowpack layers, fracture, dry snow
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