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Title: Evaluating the Stuffblock and Tilt Board Snowpack Stability Tests as Snow Avalanche Forecasting Tools
Date: 2004
Authors: Peter Carter, Matt Heavner, Eran Hood
Description: Snow avalanche forecasting relies on, among other factors, an assessment of snowpack stability derived from careful observation of snow cover stratigr...
Object ID: issw-2004-138-144.pdf
Keywords: snowpack stability tests, tilt board, stuffblock
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Title: The Ak Block, A Sized-Block Snow Test
Date: 2004
Authors: Bill Glude
Description: The AK Block is a snow test developed and used by the Southeast Alaska Avalanche Center staff over a 20-year period. It is a block sized to the teste...
Object ID: issw-2004-153-160.pdf
Keywords: avalanche, snow stability tests, block tests, sized-block, ak block, rutschblock
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Title: A Simple Model of Snow Slope Stability During Storms
Date: 2004
Authors: P. Hayes, C. Wilbour, R. Gibson, H.P. Marshall, H. Conway
Description: Snow slope stability is controlled by the geometry of the start zone and the mechanical properties of the snow pack. Here we report progress toward de...
Object ID: issw-2004-165-171.pdf
Keywords: snow slope stability, avalanches, modeling
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Title: Application of the Snowmicropen to Derive Stability Information for Avalanche Forecasting
Date: 2004
Authors: Christine Pielmeier, Jürg Schweizer, Thomas Stucki
Description: Snowpack measurements and stability tests are currently the basis for snowpack stability assessment in most avalanche warning operations. The SnowMic...
Object ID: issw-2004-177-181.pdf
Keywords: snowpack stability, avalanche forecasting, snow profile, mechanical properties, snow hardness
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Title: Fracture Character in Compression Tests
Date: 2004
Authors: Alec van Herwijnen, Bruce Jamieson
Description: Stability tests are widely used to identify and qualify potential failure layers for slab avalanches. As an addition to stability test scores, some av...
Object ID: issw-2004-182-191.pdf
Keywords: stability test, avalanche forecasting, fracture initiation, fracture propagation, stability evaluation
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Title: Spatial Variability of Rutschblock Results in Avalanche Start Zones
Date: 2004
Authors: Cam Campbell, Bruce Jamieson
Description: During the winters of 2003 and 2004, 29 spatial arrays consisting of a total of 705 rutschblock tests were performed in avalanche start zones in the ...
Object ID: issw-2004-288-297.pdf
Keywords: rutschblock test, fracture character, variability, start zones, avalanche forecasting, snow stability
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Title: Temporal Changes in the Spatial Variability of Shear Strength and Stability
Date: 2004
Authors: Spencer Logan, Karl Birkeland, Kalle Kronholm, Kathy Hansen
Description: Avalanche forecasting involves the prediction of spatial and temporal variability of the snowpack. To predict avalanches with more accuracy it is impo...
Object ID: issw-2004-315-334.pdf
Keywords: spatial variability, avalanches, avalanche forecasting, temporal change
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Title: Multi-Scale Spatial Variability of a Layer of Buried Surface Hoar
Date: 2004
Authors: Jurg Schweizer , Kalle Kronholm
Description: Spatial variability of the snowpack exists at different scales. Various studies have investigated and quantified snowpack spatial variability at eith...
Object ID: issw-2004-335-342.pdf
Keywords: spatial variability, snow stability, avalanche forecasting
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Title: Stability Problems Under a Chairlift Midway Station in Creeping Permafrost Terrain, Grachen, Swiss Alps
Date: 2004
Authors: Marcia Phillips, Florentin Ladner, Max Müller, Ulrich Sambeth, Jan Sorg, Philipp Teysseire
Description: The mid-way station of a chairlift located in the ski resort Grächen (Swiss Alps) was originally built in 1997 at 2453 m ASL in alpine permafrost ...
Object ID: issw-2004-682-687.pdf
Keywords: structure stability, permafrost, terrain deformation, chairlift midway station
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Title: Changes in Spatial Patterns of Snow Stability Through Time
Date: 2002
Authors: Karl W. Birkeland, Chris C. Landry
Description: The spatial variability of snow stability presents a challenge to avalanche workers and scientists attempting to assess avalanche danger. Recent resea...
Object ID: issw-2002-482-490.pdf
Keywords: spatial variability, snow stability, avalanche, avalanche forecasting
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Title: Integrating Shear Quality into Stability Test Results
Date: 2002
Authors: Ron F. Johnson, Karl W. Birkeland
Description: This study investigates whether collecting shear quality data in conjunction with stability test results improves snowpack evaluations. Over the past ...
Object ID: issw-2002-508-513.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, snow stability, stability tests, stability evaluation
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Title: Snow Stability on Uniform Slopes: Implications for Avalanche Forecasting
Date: 2002
Authors: C. Landry, K. Birkeland, K. Hansen, J. Borkowski, R. Brown, R. Aspinall
Description: This research investigated whether single snowpits can reliably represent snowpack stability on uniform slopes. The study utilized seven carefully sel...
Object ID: issw-2002-532-539.pdf
Keywords: stability, spatial variation, avalanche forecasting
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Title: Russian-Norwegian Project on Seismicity-Induced Avalanches
Date: 2002
Authors: P. Chernouss, E. Mokrov, Y. Feorenko, E. Husebye, E. Beketova
Description: Sometime a direct damage of earthquake can be less than that occurs due to triggered phenomena such as landslides, avalanches, etc. It is very difficu...
Object ID: issw-2002-025-030.pdf
Keywords: seismisity, snow stability, avalanche, simulation
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Title: Snowpack Stability Variation at a Given Avalanche Danger Level
Date: 2002
Authors: Jurg Schweizer, Kalle Kronhohn, Thomas Wiesinger
Description: To get a more detailed picture of regional snowpack stability patterns at different danger levels a large scale field study has been performed. At fou...
Object ID: issw-2002-175-179.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, snow stability, stability test, snow stability evaluation
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Title: Using AvTools - A Database System for Avalanche Professionals at Castle Mountain Ski Area, Alberta, Canada
Date: 2002
Authors: Eve Ruttle
Description: Information in the Avalanche Atlas provides data and quick reference for the Avalanche Activity form. Pictures are optional but are useful for recordi...
Object ID: issw-2002-180-188.pdf
Keywords: avtools, avalanche, stability, snowpack
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