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Title: Monitoring Snowpack Temperature Gradient Using Automatic Snow Depth Sensor
Date: 2012
Authors: Örn Ingólfsson, Harpa Grímsdóttir, Magni Hreinn Jónsson
Description: An instrument for measuring snow depth and snow temperature has been developed by POLS engineering in Iceland. The snow sensor (SM4) consists of a ser...
Object ID: issw-2012-956-960.pdf
Keywords: snow sensor, avalanche monitoring, snowpack temperature, faceted crystals, weak layers
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Title: The Relationship Between Preferential Flow in Snow Cover and Weather Conditions
Date: 2012
Authors: Satoru Yamaguchi, Hiroyuki Hirashima, Atsushi Sato, Satoru Adachi
Description: The accurate description of water movement through snow cover is essential for improving the forecast of full depth avalanches; this forecast is close...
Object ID: issw-2012-1054-1058.pdf
Keywords: full depth avalanche, liquid water, snow cover
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Title: Interactive Avalanche Information System (IAIS)
Date: 2012
Authors: Richard W Steiner, Mark Dundas, Peter Petri
Description: In 2010 avalanche forecasters (forecasters) employed by Chugach Adventure Guides (CAG) began developing a web-based avalanche atlas (Atlas) as part of...
Object ID: issw-2012-375-380.pdf
Keywords: geographic information systems (gis), avalanche atlas, web based avalanche atlas, data, database, database management
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Title: Axisymmetric Measurements of Extended Deformation Around the Snow Micropenetrometer Tip
Date: 2012
Authors: A.M. LeBaron, D.A. Miller, A. Van Herwijnen
Description: Current physical models for the snow micropenetrometer (SMP) make the assumption that the tip of the SMP probe only stresses or fractures the ice grai...
Object ID: issw-2012-408-413.pdf
Keywords: snow micropenetrometer, strain, compaction
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Title: Back-Analysis of an Avalanche Destructive Impact on Buildings
Date: 2012
Authors: Valerio De Biagi
Description: This paper aims to perform a back-analysis of a snow avalanche event occurred in the Italian Alps on December 2008, in order to estimate impact pressu...
Object ID: issw-2012-433-438.pdf
Keywords: back analysis, dense snow avalanche, snow accumulation
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Title: The Use of Classification Trees as a Tool for Forecasting Avalanche Activity on the Seward Highway, Alaska
Date: 2012
Authors: Jordy Hendrikx, Matt Murphy, Terry Onslow
Description: The Seward highway is located in coastal Alaska and is subject to an extreme maritime climate, with strong winds, and large storms that can bring seve...
Object ID: issw-2012-553-560.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, snowpack, maritime climate
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Title: Legal Issues in Avalanche Hazard Forecasting and Mitigation
Date: 2010
Authors: John Fagan
Description: Ski resorts commonly perform avalanche hazard mitigation measures and test the stability of the snow pack by using hand charges, avalauncher rounds, a...
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Keywords: hazard forecasting
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Title: The Canadian Avalanche Centre’s Long-Range Forecasting Programme
Date: 2010
Authors: Ilya Storm
Description: The Canadian Avalanche Centre (CAC) provides non-commercial backcountry users with regional avalanche forecasts and Special Public Avalanche Warnings ...
Object ID: ISSW_O-034.pdf
Keywords: avalanche, forecasting program, cac, avalanche warnings
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Title: Features Ranking for Avalanche Forecasting: Method and Results for Northwestern Himalaya
Date: 2010
Authors: B. Chandra, Amreek Singh, Dan Singh, A. Ganju
Description: The complex interaction of snow and meteorological features leads to formation of avalanches. Thus, the identification of significant governing featu...
Object ID: ISSW_O-038.pdf
Keywords: feature selection, sequential forward generation, relief-f, nearest-neighbours method
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Title: A Field Method for Measuring Slab Stiffness and Weak Layer Fracture Energy
Date: 2010
Authors: Alec van Herwijnen, Joachim Heierli
Description: Traditional field measurements, such as snow profiles and stability tests, are widely used to provide information on snow cover stability for avalanch...
Object ID: ISSW_O-044.pdf
Keywords: fracture energy, slab, avalanche forecasting,
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Title: Avalanche Forecasting for Large Area Mechanized Ski Guiding
Date: 2010
Authors: Mike Wiegele
Description: It is a given that practitioners need to provide a safe and enjoyable experience to their clients, they also have a legal responsibility to provide a ...
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Keywords: forecasting, ski guiding, snowpack profiles, shear tests
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Title: Portable Road Weatr Information System: Fabrication and Uses of Autonomous Weather Stations Deployed For Atmospheric Date Collection
Date: 2010
Authors: Brett Hansen, Matt McKee, Craig Patterson, Ralph Patterson
Description: The collection of accurate real-time atmospheric data is of paramount importance when working in an operational setting. Both the current and historic...
Object ID: ISSW_P-019.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, weather forecasting, decision making, portable weather station
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Title: When To Dig? Thoughts On Estimating Slope Stability
Date: 2010
Authors: Sascha Bellaire, Bruce Jamieson, Jürg Schweizer
Description: Information about the snow cover stability is crucial for avalanche forecasting and for winter backcountry recreation. For a reliable estimation of sn...
Object ID: ISSW_P-020.pdf
Keywords: slope stability, avalanche forecasting, winter backcountry recreation
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Title: A GIS Database for Avalanche Forecasting in Colorado
Date: 2010
Authors: Douglas Scott, Ethan Greene
Description: The Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC) is a statewide avalanche forecasting and education group. The CAIC produces avalanche safety products...
Object ID: ISSW_P-038.pdf
Keywords: avalanches, avalanche forecasting, geographic information systems (gis), geographic information systems (gis)
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Title: Avalanche Forecasting for Large Area Mechanized Ski Guiding
Date: 2010
Authors: Mike Wiegele
Description: It is a given that practitioners need to provide a safe and enjoyable experience to their clients, they also have a legal responsibility to provide a ...
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Keywords: avalanche forecasting, ski guiding, avalanche danger, five step method
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