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Title: The Historical Investigation as a Tool to Improve the Hazard Maps: The Case Study of the Historical Avalanche of Avieil (Valle d’Aosta - Italy)
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: S. Roveyaz, A. Debernardi, E. Ceaglio, V. Segor
Description: Some avalanches, which in the past resulted in catastrophic events, but no more observed, are often very poorly understood. Therefore, for rediscoveri...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O2-24.pdf
Keywords: avalanche cadastre, aosta valley, year 1888, serious damage, historical memory
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Title: Effect of High Elevation Birch Forest on Snow Stability
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Hedda Breien, Øyvind A. Høydal
Description: Forest and especially evergreen conifers like pine and spruce are known to reduce avalanche formation due to their physical anchoring effect and thei...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O4-05.pdf
Keywords: birch, deciduous forest, protection forest, avalanche, anchoring effect
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Title: Evaluation of an Avalanche Triggered by a Local Earthquake at the Vallée de la Sionne (Switzerland) Experimental Site
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: C. Pérez- Guillén, E. Suriñach, G. Furdada, M. Hiller, M. Tapia
Description: The snow avalanche group of the University of Barcelona in a collaboration with the SLF (Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research, Davos (Suiza)) mon...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O4-08.pdf
Keywords: avalanche, earthquake, seismic data, infrasound, snow stability factor
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Title: Can Near Real-Time Avalanche Occurrence Data Improve Avalanche Forecasting?
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Jürg Schweizer, Alec van Herwijnen
Description: Avalanche forecasting is by large data driven – and experience-based. Snow instability data, which are of crucial importance, are scarce and of...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O4-10.pdf
Keywords: snow avalanche, avalanche forecasting, avalanche occurrence
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Title: Avalanche Danger Patterns – A New Approach to Snow and Avalanche Analysis
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Rudi Mair, Patrick Nairz
Description: In recent years, backcountry winter sports far removed from secured ski slopes have undergone a surprising upsurge. Connected with this boom are heig...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O4-13.pdf
Keywords: danger pattern, threat of avalanches, danger level, avalanche bulletin, avalanche warning service
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Title: Evaluation de la Stabilité du Manteau Neigeux
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Christian Reverbel
Description: La vie d’une station de sport d’hiver est complétement dépendante de l’arrivée de la neige. Neige naturelle bien évid...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O4-17.pdf
Keywords: avalanche, stability
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Title: Blowing Snow in Antarctica: 3 Years of Continuous Observations in Adélie Land
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Alexandre Trouvilliez, Florence Naaim-Bouvet, Christophe Genthon, Vincent Favier, Luc Piard, Hervé Bellot, Cécile Agosta, Cyril Palerme, Charles Amory
Description: The Surface Mass Balance (SMB) of the Antarctic ice sheet is probably the only important negative contribution to the sea-level rise. Net erosion of s...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O4-29.pdf
Keywords: aeolian transport, blowing snow, drifting snow, antarctica, flowcapt
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Title: Lac Blanc Pass: A Natural Wind-Tunnel for Studying Drifting Snow at 2700ma.s.l
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Florence Naaim-Bouvet, Gilbert Guyomarc’h, Hervé Bellot, Yves Durand, Mohamed Naaim, Vincent Vionnet, Christophe Genthon, Kouichi Nishimura, Yoichi Ito, Alexander Prokop
Description: The investigation of the spatial variability of snow depth in high alpine areas is an important topic in snow hydrology, glacier and avalanche researc...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O4-30.pdf
Keywords: snow, wind, drifting snow, blowing snow, model, sensor
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Title: Preliminary Results at the Hijiori Avalanche Test Site
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Osamu Abe, Masaki Nemoto, Kenji Kosugi, Isao Kamiishi
Description: Hijiori is one of the heaviest snow areas in Japan. Recently to observe blowing snow and avalanches, an almost perfect place was found in this area. T...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O4-32.pdf
Keywords: avalanche test site, avalanche dynamics, snow cornice
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Title: The Full-Scale Avalanche Dynamics Test Site Vallée de la Sionne Betty
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Betty Sovilla, Jim McElwaine, Walter Steinkogler, Martin Hiller, François Dufour, Emma Suriñach, Cristina Perez Guillen, Jan-Thomas Fischer, Emmanuel Thibert, Djebar Baroudi
Description: The full-scale avalanche dynamics test site Vallée de la Sionne (VdlS) is providing scientists and engineers with essential data to understand and...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O4-33.pdf
Keywords: avalanche dynamics, vallée de la sionne, full-scale test site
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Title: The Experimental Snow Avalanche Test Site at Seehore Peak in Aosta Valley (IT) MAP3 ALCOTRA Project
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: V. Segor, L. Pitet, M. Maggioni, B. Frigo, M. Freppaz, B. Chiaia, E. Bovet, E. Ceaglio, A. Welf, P. Dellavedova
Description: Since 2009 the Seehore test site is operative within the MonterosaSki resort in Aosta Valley (NW Italy). This real scale test site was intended to stu...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O4-36.pdf
Keywords: small/medium avalanches, real scale test site, dynamics, impact forces, snowdrift
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Title: Taconnaz Avalanche Path: Pressure and Velocity Measurements on Breaking Mounds
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Bellot H., Naaim-Bouvet F., Naaim M., Caccamo P., Faug T., Ousset F.
Description: This paper describes the instrumentation related to velocity and pressure measurements recently set up in the avalanche protection system of Taconnaz....
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O4-37.pdf
Keywords: snow, avalanche, protection, taconnaz, force, metrology
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Title: Edge Effects In Propagation Tests
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Edward H. Bair, Ron Simenhois, Alec van Herwijnen, Karl Birkeland
Description: Guidelines suggest beams with lengths around 1 m for Extended Column Tests (ECTs) and Propagation Saw Tests (PSTs). The longest unstable tests publish...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O5-02.pdf
Keywords: crack propagation, extended column test, propagation saw test
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Title: Comparison of Structural Instability Indices (Lemons), ECT and RB Results
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Chiambretti Igor, Fabiano Monti, Mauro Valt
Description: Almost all avalanche forecasting services have a network of traditional stations where an array of daily or weekly snowpack measurement or observation...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O5-03.pdf
Keywords: rb, ect, structural instability indices
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Title: L'enseignement de la Gestion du Risque Dans la Formation des Guides de Haute - Montagne
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Mallon A. et Knoertzer J.S.
Description: Unavailable
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O5-09.pdf
Keywords: avalanche, snow avalanche
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