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Title: Bomb-Trams and Aerial Detonation of Avalanche Control Explosives: Date: 1982; Authors: Rand Decker, R. L. Brown; Description: Aerial detonation of avalanche control explosives, optimally between 2 and 10 feet above the snow surface has proved to be an efficient method of art...; Object ID: issw-1982-025.pdf; Keywords: release, explosives, avalanche control method; View additional details about Bomb-Trams and Aerial Detonation of Avalanche Control Explosives

Title: Avalanche Zoning: The State of the Art and the State of the Law: Date: 1982; Authors: James L. Kennedy, Jr; Description: Advances in applying avalanche hazard analysis and defense techniques and in resolving constitutional due process and compensation issues permit avala...; Object ID: issw-1982-026.pdf; Keywords: natural hazard area, zoning processes, protection; View additional details about Avalanche Zoning: The State of the Art and the State of the Law

Title: Abstracts for the Poster Session the Northwest Avalanche Center: An Integrated System of Mountain Weather and Avalanche Forecasts for Public and Government Users: Date: 1982; Authors: S. B. Businger, R. T. Marriott, M. B. Moore; Description: Now entering its eighth winter of operation, the Northwest Avalanche Center continues to operate as a program directly funded by I state and 3 federal...; Object ID: issw-1982-028-029.pdf; Keywords: forecasting, control, stability; View additional details about Abstracts for the Poster Session the Northwest Avalanche Center: An Integrated System of Mountain Weather and Avalanche Forecasts for Public and Government Users

Title: Temperature Based Forecasting of a Springtime Arctic Snowpack: Date: 1980; Authors: David Hamre, Chris J. Stethem; Description: Until recently, avalanches involving arctic snowpacks have received little attention in publications. Man has had very little contact with the arctic ...; Object ID: issw-1980-082-089.pdf; Keywords: forecasting, oil pipeline, artic snowpack; View additional details about Temperature Based Forecasting of a Springtime Arctic Snowpack

Title: Improving Statistical Models by Modifying the Avalanche Variable: Date: 1980; Authors: Richard T. Marriott; Description: Statistical models which attempt to minimize the statistical noise caused by errors in the observational data and by the use of independent variables ...; Object ID: issw-1980-098-107.pdf; Keywords: artificially triggered, forecasting, snowpack stability, statistical models; View additional details about Improving Statistical Models by Modifying the Avalanche Variable

Title: An Approach to Ski Area Avalanche Control: Date: 1976; Authors: C. Israelson; Description: The Lake Louise ski area is situated east of the continental Divide in the Canadian Rockies, within Banff National Park. The present lift-serviced are...; Object ID: issw-1976-019-023.pdf; Keywords: temperature gradient, metamorphism, rescue, trigger zone; View additional details about An Approach to Ski Area Avalanche Control

Title: Whistler Mountain Avalanche Control Programme: Date: 1976; Authors: C. Stethem, J. Hetherington; Description: Whistler Mountain is located at about 50 0 North latitude by 123 0 longitude, in the Pacific Coast Range of British Columbia, about 115 km north of Va...; Object ID: issw-1976-024-029.pdf; Keywords: skiing terrain, ski slopes; View additional details about Whistler Mountain Avalanche Control Programme

Title: Research and Development of Avalanche Control Methods in Banff National Park: Date: 1976; Authors: K. Everts, B. Laidlaw; Description: The primary method for controlling avalanches in Banff National Park is helicopter bombing. In 1970, we began investigating methods of controlling ava...; Object ID: issw-1976-030-041.pdf; Keywords: avalanche control, helicopter bombing, explosive, remote receiver system; View additional details about Research and Development of Avalanche Control Methods in Banff National Park

Title: High Explosives and Artillery in Avalanche Control: Date: 1976; Authors: R. Perla; Description: Avalanche technology in North America depends heavily on explosives for artificial release and stability testing. Approximately 10 5 explosive charges...; Object ID: issw-1976-042-049.pdf; Keywords: explosives, technology, artillery, artifical release; View additional details about High Explosives and Artillery in Avalanche Control

Title: The Time-Delay Method of Avalanche Control: Date: 1976; Authors: F. Kobayashi; Description: In the northeastern district of Honshu (main island Japan, a winter can be divided into three characteristic seasons: early winter season (end of Dece...; Object ID: issw-1976-050-055.pdf; Keywords: dynamite, blasting, avalanche control; View additional details about The Time-Delay Method of Avalanche Control

Title: Surface Tension of Snow Slopes and Avalanche Control: Date: 1976; Authors: R. Hakabayashi; Description: It is known that snow metamorphism is initially driven by the tendency of individual snow grains toward minimum surface area (Kuroiwa, 1976). Dendriti...; Object ID: issw-1976-061-063.pdf; Keywords: diffusion, fracturing, avalanche release, tension tests; View additional details about Surface Tension of Snow Slopes and Avalanche Control

Title: Comparison of Cornice Control Methods at the Bridger Bowl Ski Area: Date: 1976; Authors: B.J. Burroughs; Description: The formation, structure, and control of cornices in the Bridger Range (near Tozeman, Montana) was studied by Montagne and others (1968). The purpose ...; Object ID: issw-1976-064-066.pdf; Keywords: blasting, cornices, shoveling; View additional details about Comparison of Cornice Control Methods at the Bridger Bowl Ski Area

Title: Deep Slab Instability: Date: 1976; Authors: N.A. Wilson; Description: Deep slab release continue to claim victims. The best documented of these releases occur in ski area and highway situations where the deep instability...; Object ID: issw-1976-073-076.pdf; Keywords: temperature gradient, deep slab, victims, explosive test; View additional details about Deep Slab Instability

Title: Avalanche Forecasting at Jackson Hole Ski Area: Date: 1976; Authors: J. Simms; Description: The responsibility of hazard forecasting and stability evaluation for the Jackson Hole Ski area falls upon the U.S. Forest Service Snow Rangers assign...; Object ID: issw-1976-077-086.pdf; Keywords: avalanche forecasting, snow stability, hazard forecasting, instrumentation; View additional details about Avalanche Forecasting at Jackson Hole Ski Area

Title: Avalanches in National Park Planning: Date: 1976; Authors: E. Burr; Description: Avalanches are as basic to planning in snowy mountains as floods are to planning in river valleys. In National Parks, however, it is the job of planni...; Object ID: issw-1976-193-194.pdf; Keywords: terrain, aerial tramway sites, control, safety; View additional details about Avalanches in National Park Planning