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Title: Testing a New Shear Loading Apparatus for In-Situ Studies of Weak Snow Layers: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: Evgeny A. Podolskiy, Monica Barbero, Fabrizio Barpi, Mauro Borri-Brunetto, Oronzo Pallara, Barbara Frigo, Bernardino Chiaia, Guillaume Chambon, Mohamed Naaim; Description: Here we show preliminary results of shear tests carried out with a new shear test apparatus designed and constructed by Politecnico di Torino, DISEG (...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-27.pdf; Keywords: snow, mechanics, instrument, weak layer, avalanche; View additional details about Testing a New Shear Loading Apparatus for In-Situ Studies of Weak Snow Layers

Title: Key Parameters For Local Drifting Snow Events: Date: 2010; Authors: Gilbert Guyomarcâ€™h, Yves Durand; Description: The transport of snow by the wind is one of the most important processes influencing the accumulation and ablation of the snow in the mountains; this ...; Object ID: ISSW_P-076.pdf; Keywords: blowing snow modeling, operational avalanche forecasting; View additional details about Key Parameters For Local Drifting Snow Events

Title: In-Situ Measurements and Temporal Evolution of the Thermal Conductivity Profile of an Alpine Snowpack: Date: 2009; Authors: Samuel Morin, Florent Domine, Laurent Arnaud, Ghislain Picard, Hans-Werner Jacobi, Jean-Marie Willemet; Description: We report on a 3-months long time series of in-situ measurements of the thermal conductivity(kT) of snow at 6 fixed heights in an alpine snowpack in t...; Object ID: issw-2009-0077-0081.pdf; Keywords: thermal conductivity, snow, heated-needle probe, crocus snowpack model; View additional details about In-Situ Measurements and Temporal Evolution of the Thermal Conductivity Profile of an Alpine Snowpack

Title: In Situ and Photogrammetric Measurements of Avalanche Crown Transects: Date: 2009; Authors: Edward H. Bair, Karl W. Birkeland, Jeff Dozier; Description: We present results on the geometry and depth distributions for transects along the crowns of small to large avalanches. Previous research suggests th...; Object ID: issw-2009-0395-0399.pdf; Keywords: photogrammetry, crowns, power laws, distributions; View additional details about In Situ and Photogrammetric Measurements of Avalanche Crown Transects

Title: Modeling and Validation of Snow Redistribution by Wind: Date: 2006; Authors: G. Guyomarc'h, Y. Durand, L. MÃ©rindol; Description: As part of the effort of the Centre d'Etudes de la Neige - MÃ©tÃ©o-France (Snow Research Centre), for the improvement in modeling snow cover evolu...; Object ID: issw-2006-820-828.pdf; Keywords: blowing snow, modeling, in-situ validation; View additional details about Modeling and Validation of Snow Redistribution by Wind

Title: In-Situ Measurements to Test CrocusMepra PC Tool: Date: 2002; Authors: Cecile CoIeou, Gerald Giraud, Yves Lejeune; Description: Since the 1999/2000 winter season, the Snow Research Centre ofMeteo-France (CEN) has carried out various snow measurements in a new observation site. ...; Object ID: issw-2002-277-283.pdf; Keywords: snow stability, avalanche forecasting, computer tool, snow stratigraphy; View additional details about In-Situ Measurements to Test CrocusMepra PC Tool

Title: In-Situ Observations and Snowdrift Modeling on Alpine Topography: Date: 2002; Authors: G. Guyomarc'h, Y. Durand, L. Merindol; Description: Recently, the Snow Study Centre (Meteo-France, CNRM) has begun to develop some new tools for the modeling of snowdrift in order to improve the avalanc...; Object ID: issw-2002-590-596.pdf; Keywords: snow drifting, alpine experimental site, snowdrift modeling, snow cover distribution; View additional details about In-Situ Observations and Snowdrift Modeling on Alpine Topography

Title: Instrumentation for In-Situ Snow Liquid Water Measurements: Date: 1996; Authors: A.Denoth; Description: Various methods for measuring the liquid water content of a natural snow cover are discussed. An error analysis gives suitable measuring quantities: m...; Object ID: issw-1996-154-157.pdf; Keywords: snow, water, measurement techniques, dielectric sensors; View additional details about Instrumentation for In-Situ Snow Liquid Water Measurements

Title: In-Situ Strength Measurements of the Snowpack: Date: 1986; Authors: Robert S. Rosso; Description: Two test techniques were developed, one to measure the shear strength of weak layers and another to measure the tensile strength of slab layers in the...; Object ID: issw-1986-210-215.pdf; Keywords: techniques, shear strength, weak layers, startingzones, snow behavior; View additional details about In-Situ Strength Measurements of the Snowpack