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Title: Avalanche Impact Pressure on a Plate-Like Obstacle: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: Emmanuel THIBERT, Thierry FAUG, HervÃ© BELLOT, Djebar BAROUDI; Description: Snow avalanche impact pressures on the flat surface of an instrumented structure have been quantified by experiments performed at full-scale. An inver...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-35.pdf; Keywords: avalanche impact pressure, flow obstacle, snow deposition, granular flow, drag coefficient; View additional details about Avalanche Impact Pressure on a Plate-Like Obstacle

Title: Contribution of Dendrogeomorphology in the Field of Avalanche Hazard Assessment in the French Alps: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: Romain SchlÃ¤ppy, Vincent Jomelli, Nicolas Eckert, Markus Stoffel, Delphine Grancher, Daniel Brunstein, Christophe Corona, MichaÃ«l Deschatres, Mohamed Naaim; Description: On forested paths, dendrogeomorphology has been demonstrated to represent a powerful tool to reconstruct past activity of avalanches with annual reso...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-37.pdf; Keywords: dendrogeomorphology, snow avalanche, hazard zoning, runout distance, return period, statistical-dynamical model; View additional details about Contribution of Dendrogeomorphology in the Field of Avalanche Hazard Assessment in the French Alps

Title: Extreme Value Analysis of Design Events: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: Jan-Thomas Fischer, Leopold Stepanek, Andreas Huber, Reinhard Fromm, Antonia Zeidler, Karl Kleemayr; Description: Design events are used in avalanche engineering applications like hazard zone mapping, dimensioning of protection measures or the optimization and cal...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-43.pdf; Keywords: snow, avalanche dynamics, extreme value analysis, run out, design event, extreme event; View additional details about Extreme Value Analysis of Design Events

Title: Should We Stay or Should We Go Now: Assessing the Effectiveness of an Interactive Avalanche Terrain Hazard and Route-Identification Learning Tool: Date: 2010; Authors: Ranae Kowalczuk, Nick Hedley, John J. Clague; Description: Avalanche educators are increasingly turning to Internet and computer-based interactive exercises to inform the public about avalanche hazards. Howeve...; Object ID:; Keywords: avalanche terrain, avaluator, hazards; View additional details about Should We Stay or Should We Go Now: Assessing the Effectiveness of an Interactive Avalanche Terrain Hazard and Route-Identification Learning Tool

Title: 2D Modelling of Icelandic Snow Avalanches for Hazard Zoning: Date: 2009; Authors: EirÃkur GÃslason; Description: The methodology for snow avalanche hazard zoning in Iceland is based on a statistical run-out analysis of a data-set of historical avalanches. The met...; Object ID: issw-2009-0529-0532.pdf; Keywords: avalanche modelling, two-dimensional run-out index, hazard zoning; View additional details about 2D Modelling of Icelandic Snow Avalanches for Hazard Zoning

Title: Snow Information System with the Usage of GIS in Western Himalayas, India: Date: 2002; Authors: Rashpal Kor; Description: The avalanche occurrence in northern Indian Mountains draws significance because of strategic reasons and tourism and poses serious problems for the m...; Object ID: issw-2002-167-174.pdf; Keywords: geographic information systems (gis), sis, forecasting, zoning, hazard; View additional details about Snow Information System with the Usage of GIS in Western Himalayas, India

Title: Significance of Historical Records for Avalanche Hazard Zoning in Norway: Date: 2000; Authors: Krister Kristensen, Carl Harbitz, Alf Harbitz; Description: In avalanche hazard zoning, it is common practice to investigate the previous avalanche history for the area considered. Historical observations of av...; Object ID: issw-2000-475-480.pdf; Keywords: snow avalanche, run-out distance, probability, extreme value statistics, western norway; View additional details about Significance of Historical Records for Avalanche Hazard Zoning in Norway