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Title: 2D Snowdrift Modeling and Validation
Date: 2004
Authors: Gilbert Guyomarc’h, Yves Durand, Dominique Lecorps, Laurent Mérindol , Philippe Puglièse
Description: One of the objectives of the Centre d’Etudes de la Neige (Snow Study Centre of Météo-France) is to improve the modeling of snow cover evo...
Object ID: issw-2004-227-231.pdf
Keywords: snowdrift modeling, land-based photography, geo-referencing, wind effects on snow distribution, albedo
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Title: Orographic Effects of Wind at Stevens Pass Ski Area
Date: 2004
Authors: P. Morrison
Description: It all starts with a forecast, but what does free winds at 1,524 meters (5,000 feet) mean to our area on the ground? For the last four winters, (01ââ...
Object ID: issw-2004-232-238.pdf
Keywords: wind, forecasts, avalanche control
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Title: Faceted Snow and Deep Slab Instabilities in the Maritime Climate of the Cascades
Date: 2004
Authors: Jon Andrews
Description: Forecasting for deep slab instabilities in dense, deep snow can be tricky, especially when the slabs are too dense for most, common stability tests to...
Object ID: issw-2004-239-243.pdf
Keywords: forecasting, faceted snow, maritime climates, deep slab instabilities
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Title: Variability of Snowiness and Avalanche Activity in Zailiyskiy Alatau, Kazakhstan
Date: 2004
Authors: V. Blagovechshensky, O. Berman, I. Kondrashov , N. Pimankina
Description: The Zailiyskiy Alatau range is located in the Central Asia. It is the most northern range of the Tien Shan Mountains. Interannual variability of a sn...
Object ID: issw-2004-244.pdf
Keywords: weather, avalanche, snow cover, precipitation
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Title: Snow Avalanche Climatology of the Eastern Sierra Nevada, California
Date: 2004
Authors: Susan Burak
Description: The Sierra Nevada mountain range of California lies between 35o and 40oN and is located within 320 km (200 miles) of the Pacific Ocean. Previous inve...
Object ID: issw-2004-245.pdf
Keywords: weak layers, temperature gradient, human triggered, climatology
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Title: A New Approach for the Sub Zonation of Snow Climatic Zones of Western Himalayan Region, India
Date: 2004
Authors: H.S. Gusain, Ashwagosha Ganju, Sanjay Vaidya
Description: The Western Himalayan region is broadly categorized into three distinct snow climatic zones, namely Lower, Middle and Upper snow climatic zones (Shar...
Object ID: issw-2004-246.pdf
Keywords: red, forecasting, deposited layer, temperature gradient
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Title: Initial Description of Avalanche Winter Regimes for Western Canada
Date: 2004
Authors: Pascal Hageli, David M. McClung
Description: Existing snow climate classifications rely heavily on meteorological parameters that describe the average weather during the main winter months. Field...
Object ID: issw-2004-247-254.pdf
Keywords: snow climate, avalanche climate, avalanche winter regime, avalanche forecasting
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Title: Climate Database for Avalanche Warning in Norway
Date: 2004
Authors: Christian Jaedicke, Steinar Bakkehøi
Description: Climate data is an essential tool for the study of weather induced geotechnical processes like avalanches. Climate data provides on overview of normal...
Object ID: issw-2004-255-260.pdf
Keywords: avalanche warning, climate, mountain weather
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Title: Probabilistic Analysis of Recent Snow Avalanche Activity and Climate in the French Alps
Date: 2004
Authors: Vincent Jomelli, Cécile Delval, Delphine Grancher, Sebastien Escande, Daniel Brunstein, Bernard Hetu, Louise Filion, Pierre Pech
Description: The characterization of statistical relationships between snow avalanche occurrence and climate can be useful for avalanche prediction. We investigat...
Object ID: issw-2004-261-269.pdf
Keywords: snow avalanche, climate, statistic modelling, occurrence probability, french alps
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Title: Evolution, Challenges and Management of Mountain Weather Observations
Date: 2004
Authors: Mark Moore
Description: Mountain weather observation programs in support of avalanche mitigation efforts and forecasting programs have evolved considerably since their humble...
Object ID: issw-2004-270-278.pdf
Keywords: mountain weather, data, weather observations, avalanche weather, weather sensors, data management
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Title: World Record 24 Hr. Snowfall
Date: 2004
Authors: Doug Richmond, Jerry Hance
Description: On December 26th – 27th, 2003 Bridger Bowl Ski Area located 17 miles north of Bozeman, MT. Received a world record 24 hr. snowfall. This resul...
Object ID: issw-2004-279.pdf
Keywords: routes, records, snowfall, measurments, safety
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Title: Warm Storms Associated with Avalanches Hazard and Floods in the Andes Mountains
Date: 2004
Authors: José Vergara
Description: Rain-on-snow events produce avalanches of different magnitude depending on the snowpack properties, air temperatures and rain intensities. Winter sto...
Object ID: issw-2004-280.pdf
Keywords: warm storms, wet-snow avalanche, flood, winter
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Title: A Practitioner’s Perspective: Providing Timely and Relevant Mountain Weather Information to Avalanche Workers at Snowbasin, A Sun Valley Resort and the Forest Service Utah Avalanche Center
Date: 2004
Authors: W. Douglas Wewer, Michael J. Jenkins
Description: Utah’s Wasatch Range is fortunate to have over 40 automated mountain weather stations, but how do you make all of these data useful to ski patr...
Object ID: issw-2004-281-286.pdf
Keywords: meteorological data, automated weather station, graphical summary, avalanche forecasting
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Title: A Comparison of the Spatial Patterns of Penetration Resistance of Slabs and Weak Layers
Date: 2004
Authors: K. Birkeland, K. Kronholm
Description: Several studies have quantified the spatial variability of snow stability and structure on specific slopes. One consequence of such spatial variabili...
Object ID: issw-2004-287.pdf
Keywords: pattern, weak layer, slab, grain, snow stability
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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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