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Title: Preliminary Results at the Hijiori Avalanche Test Site: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: Osamu Abe, Masaki Nemoto, Kenji Kosugi, Isao Kamiishi; Description: Hijiori is one of the heaviest snow areas in Japan. Recently to observe blowing snow and avalanches, an almost perfect place was found in this area. T...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O4-32.pdf; Keywords: avalanche test site, avalanche dynamics, snow cornice; View additional details about Preliminary Results at the Hijiori Avalanche Test Site

Title: Cornice Control by Helicopter: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: Bruno FARIZY; Description: Cornice control with traditional blasting methods is usually hard and dangerous to implement. TAS has designed and has evaluated an experimental devic...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-54.pdf; Keywords: avalanche, cornice, helicopter; View additional details about Cornice Control by Helicopter

Title: Snow Cornice Development and Failure Monitoring: Date: 2006; Authors: Robert A. Burrows, David M. McClung; Description: Snow cornices are significant winter alpine and snow avalanche hazards. A cornice is a leeward growing mass of snow overhanging from a ridge or sharp ...; Object ID: issw-2006-129.pdf; Keywords: cornice failure, monitoring, slab fractures, solar radiation; View additional details about Snow Cornice Development and Failure Monitoring

Title: Cornices: Their Growth, Properties and Control: Date: 1986; Authors: Doug McCarty, R. L. Brown, John Montagne; Description: Two types of programs were recently conducted to learn more about snow cornices. The first of these involved a month long study of a cornice to determ...; Object ID: issw-1986-041-045.pdf; Keywords: aerial explosives, air method; View additional details about Cornices: Their Growth, Properties and Control

Title: Cornice Control Through Establishment of a False Summit: Date: 1982; Authors: John Montagne; Description: Among several methods for controlling ridge top snow cornices, the use of a snow fence to build a "false summit" of snow windward of the true summit a...; Object ID: issw-1982-022-023.pdf; Keywords: summit, hazard, snowfence, cornice; View additional details about Cornice Control Through Establishment of a False Summit

Title: Comparison of Cornice Control Methods at the Bridger Bowl Ski Area: Date: 1976; Authors: B.J. Burroughs; Description: The formation, structure, and control of cornices in the Bridger Range (near Tozeman, Montana) was studied by Montagne and others (1968). The purpose ...; Object ID: issw-1976-064-066.pdf; Keywords: blasting, cornices, shoveling; View additional details about Comparison of Cornice Control Methods at the Bridger Bowl Ski Area