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Title: Decrease of Snow Avalanches Activity and Proliferation of Wet Snow Avalanches in French Alps Under Climate Warming: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Mohamed Naaim, Nicolas Eckert; Description: The processing of the data, including cross analysis, of two well documented databases of snow and avalanches in France Alps (namely EPA avalanches ch...; Object ID: ISSW16_P4.36.pdf; Keywords: snow avalanche, climate change, natural hazard, risk; View additional details about Decrease of Snow Avalanches Activity and Proliferation of Wet Snow Avalanches in French Alps Under Climate Warming

Title: The Diversities of Large Slushflows Illustrated by Selected Cases: Date: 2010; Authors: Erik Hestnes, Krister Kristensen; Description: Rapid mass movement of water-saturated snow, usually known as slushflow or slush avalanche, is a major natural hazard in Norway. The destructive forc...; Object ID: ISSW_O-066.pdf; Keywords: natural hazard, large slushflows, triggering mechanisms, flow regimes, human challenges; View additional details about The Diversities of Large Slushflows Illustrated by Selected Cases

Title: The Permasense Remote Monitoring Infrastructure: Date: 2009; Authors: Jan Beutel, Stephan Gruber, Stefanie Gubler, Andreas Hasler, Matthias Keller, Roman Lim, Igor Talzi, Lothar Thiele, Christian Tschudin, Mustafa YÃ¼cel; Description: The PermaSense project, a joint computer science and geoscience project, investigates the influence of climate change on permafrost and specifically t...; Object ID: issw-2009-0187-0191.pdf; Keywords: permafrost, remote sensing, wireless sensors, natural hazard early warning; View additional details about The Permasense Remote Monitoring Infrastructure

Title: Waiting Time Between Avalanches: Date: 2006; Authors: D.M. McClung; Description: One of the requirements for a self-organized critical system is scale invariance in the time or frequency domain. Sandpile avalanches and other types...; Object ID: issw-2006-181.pdf; Keywords: snow avalanches, waiting time, critical system, self-organized criticality; View additional details about Waiting Time Between Avalanches

Title: Weather and Snowpack Conditions Essential to Slushflow Release and Downslope Propagation: Date: 1994; Authors: Erik Hestnes, Steinar Bakkelwi, Frode Sandersen, Lars Andresen; Description: Rapid mass movement of water-saturated snow, usually known as slushflow or slush avalanche, is a major natural hazard in Norway. Slushflows occur in w...; Object ID: issw-1994-040-057.pdf; Keywords: slushflow, depth hoar, grained snowpacks; View additional details about Weather and Snowpack Conditions Essential to Slushflow Release and Downslope Propagation

Title: Factors Comprising County/Hunicipal Land - Use Controls Addressing Snow Avalanches: Date: 1984; Authors: Kenneth Leon Niemczyk; Description: In the early 1970's, the Institute of Behavioral Science, at the University of Colorado (Boulder), issued a number of reports about natural hazards in...; Object ID: ISSW-1984-090-094.pdf; Keywords: hazard, risk, snow avalanche; View additional details about Factors Comprising County/Hunicipal Land - Use Controls Addressing Snow Avalanches