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- Title: Mountaineer-Oriented Local Avalanche Forecasting System in a Graphical Format in the Aran Valley (Eastern Pyrenees)
- Date: 2008-09-22
- Authors: Jordi Gavaldà , Ivan Moner
- Description: This paper presents a new avalanche danger information system. Internet based and with a graphical format, its display breaks down the information bot...
- Object ID: P__8163.pdf
- Keywords: local avalanche forecast, graphic representation, pyrenees, traffic lights
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- Title: Combining Wind Field Modelling with Spatial Snow Depth Measurements for Avalanche Forecast Purpose
- Date: 2008-09-22
- Authors: Alexander Prokop
- Description: The snow cover distribution in alpine terrain is known to be highly influenced by the local wind field. In this study the correlation between differen...
- Object ID: P__8135.pdf
- Keywords: terrestrial laser scanning, snow depth, wind field modeling, snow cover
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- Title: Sliding into Spring: Understanding Glide Slab Avalanches in Glacier National Park, Montana
- Date: 2008-09-22
- Authors: Blase Reardon, Erich Peitzsch, Daniel Fagre
- Description: Historically, wet snow avalanche phenomena, such as wet slab avalanches and glide avalanches, have not been operational forecasting concerns because s...
- Object ID: P__8243.pdf
- Keywords: glide avalanches, avalanche forecasting, glacier national park
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- Title: Statistical Assessment of Regional Avalanche Danger Using Parameters from the Snow Cover Model Snowpack
- Date: 2008-09-22
- Authors: Michael Schirmer, Michael Lehning, Jürg Schweizer
- Description: Numerical avalanche prediction with statistical methods using meteorological input parameters has shown insufficient results, mainly since snow cover ...
- Object ID: P__8182.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche forecasting, numerical simulation, snow cover model, snow cover stability, nearest neighbor, feature selection, genetic algorithm
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- Title: On the Predictability of Snow Avalanches
- Date: 2008-09-22
- Authors: Jürg Schweizer
- Description: Snow avalanches are generally rare and occasionally extreme events. In the general context of prediction and predictably of extreme events, we will ex...
- Object ID: P__8205.pdf
- Keywords: snow stability evaluation, avalanche forecasting, risk management
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- Title: Avalanche Forecasting Matrix
- Date: 2008-09-22
- Authors: Richard W. Steiner, Jr.
- Description: The Avalanche Forecasting Matrix (Matrix) is an avalanche forecasting classification model created to improve communication between avalanche forecast...
- Object ID: P__8039.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche forecasting, contributory factor analysis, avalanche danger
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- Title: Rockface Glide Avalanche Detection
- Date: 2008-09-22
- Authors: John Stimberis, Charles Rubin
- Description: A smooth rock slab, known as Rock Face, is exposed 2.5 km north-northwest of Snoqualmie Pass, Washington adjacent to the Alpental Ski Area. Rock Face,...
- Object ID: P__8156.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche detection, glide avalanche, forecasting
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- Title: Experimental Study of Short-Term Loading Influence on Snow Shear Strength
- Date: 2008-09-22
- Authors: Evgeny Podolskiy, Pavel Chernous, Osamu Abe, Nikolay Barashev, Kouichi Nishimura
- Description: It is well known that short-term loadings caused by earthquakes, explosions, skiers etc. can trigger avalanches. There are some models of similar infl...
- Object ID: P__8050.pdf
- Keywords: snow, seismicity, shear strength, avalanche
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- Title: Calculation of Dense Snow Avalanches in Three-Dimensional Terrain with the Numerical Simulation Program Ramms
- Date: 2008-09-22
- Authors: Marc Christen, Perry Bartelt, Julia Kowalski, Lukus Stoffel
- Description: Numerical models have become an essential part of snow avalanche engineering. Recent advances in understanding the rheology of flowing snow and the me...
- Object ID: P__8140.pdf
- Keywords: snow, avalanche, dynamics, modeling, numerical simulation, hazard mapping
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- Title: Probabilistic Calibration of Avalanche Block Models
- Date: 2008-09-22
- Authors: Peter Gauer, Zenon Medina-Cetina, Karstein Lied, Krister Kristensen
- Description: The Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI) has been operating the full-scale avalanche test-site Ryggfonn in western Norway for more than 25 years. Du...
- Object ID: P__8044.pdf
- Keywords: probabilistic avalanche modeling, bayesian modeling, calibration, prior knowledge, stochastic framework
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- Title: Application and Limitations of Dynamic Models for Snow Avalanche Hazard Mapping
- Date: 2008-09-22
- Authors: Bruce Jamieson, Stefan Margreth, Alan Jones
- Description: Dynamic models, initially based on fluid flow, have been used since the 1950s for modelling the motion and runout of extreme snow avalanches. The fric...
- Object ID: P__8052.pdf
- Keywords: snow avalanche, hazard mapping, runout, dynamic model, uncertainty, friction coefficients
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- Title: The Role of Kinetic Friction in Avalanche Fracture Propagation
- Date: 2008-09-22
- Authors: Ian Mccammon
- Description: Classical investigations into avalanche release have systematically characterized snow properties such as density, strength, stiffness, and hardness. ...
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- Keywords: avalanche, friction
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- Title: Snow Avalanche Pressure on Obstacles
- Date: 2008-09-22
- Authors: M. Naaim, T. Faug, E. Thibert, N. Eckert, G. Chambon, F. Naaim, H. Bellot
- Description: Impact forces by snow avalanches on obstacles need to be taken into account to design hazard maps of avalanche prone areas. An important question is h...
- Object ID: P__8141.pdf
- Keywords: snow, avalanche, pressure, mapping
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- Title: Avalanche Frequency and Magnitude: Using Power-Law Exponents to Investigate Snow Avalanche Size Proportions through Time and Space
- Date: 2008-09-22
- Authors: Adam Naisbitt, Richard Forster, Karl W. Birkeland, William L. Harrison
- Description: Power-laws provide a means for investigating snow avalanche frequency-magnitude relationships and their contributing factors. This research uses power...
- Object ID: P__8119.pdf
- Keywords: power-law exponent, snow avalanche size proportions, frequency and magnitude
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- Title: The Effect of Changing Slab Thickness on Fracture Propagation
- Date: 2008-09-22
- Authors: Ron Simenhois, Karl Birkeland
- Description: Many avalanches are triggered from shallower parts of a slope. Past research demonstrates that initiating fractures in such areas is easier than in de...
- Object ID: P__8045.pdf
- Keywords: ect, extended column test, pst, propagation saw test, fracture propagation
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