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Title: UAV Borne Laser Scanning of Snow Surfaces
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Alexander Prokop, Florian Singer
Description: In snow and avalanche research, different methods are used increasingly to efficiently and accurately map snow surfaces and depths over an area of sev...
Object ID: ISSW16_O9.03.pdf
Keywords: snow depth mapping, laser scanning, uav, uas
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Title: Utilisation of the SM4 Automatic Snowpack Sensor in Avalanche Forecasting
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Harpa Grimsdottir, Orn Ingolfsson, Magni H. Jonsson, Vidir Arnarson, Halfdan Ingolfsson, Sveinn Brynjolfsson, Gestur Hansson
Description: A small innovation company in Iceland, POLS Engineering, has developed the SM4 automatic snowpack sensor that is currently installed at over 30 locati...
Object ID: ISSW16_P1.30.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, snow sensor, automatic warnings, snow crystals, snow depth, facets
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Title: Deriving Mean Snow Depth in Complex Terrain From Flat Field Measurements
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Nora Helbig, Alec van Herwijnen, Tobias Jonas
Description: Snow depth is an important parameter for various applications, including hydrological and avalanche forecasting. Various measurement networks were the...
Object ID: ISSW16_P1.46.pdf
Keywords: mean snow depth, avalanche forecasting, meteorological models, subgrid parameterization
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Title: Photogrammetrically Derived Estimates of Snow Depth Variability in Complex Terrain
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Gabriel Wolken, Erin Whorton, Alexander Gould
Description: Seasonal snow is a key cryospheric variable because of its influence on energy and wa-ter budgets, regional economies, and public safety. Quantitative...
Object ID: ISSW16_P1.47.pdf
Keywords: snow depth, spatial variability, photogrammetry, structure from motion, avalanche, alaska
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Title: Back Calculation of Avalanche Dimensions From Laser Scanning and sfm Photogrammetry
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Alexander Prokop, J.-M. Friedt, Ursula Enzenhofer, Florian Tolle
Description: After avalanche events happen it is always difficult to collect useful data from the avalanche dimensions such as snow volume that was released in the...
Object ID: ISSW16_P4.35.pdf
Keywords: avalanche documentation, snow depth, laser scanning, sfm-photogrammetry, svalbard
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Title: A Decade of Snow Water Equivalent Monitoring in the French Mountain Ranges
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Frédéric Gottardi, Paul Carrier, Emmanuel Paquet, Marie-Thérèse Laval, Joël Gailhard, Rémy Garçon
Description: A decade of snow water equivalent monitoring in the French Mountain ranges. Snowpack estimation in mountains is important for hydroelectric power supp...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O2-08.pdf
Keywords: cosmic ray, snow water equivalent, snowpack, automatic snow gauge
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Title: An Innovative Algorithm for Unmanned Validation of Automatic Snow Depth Measurements
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: S. Terzago, M.Faletto, Correspondingauthor, M.C. Prola, S. Fratianni, R. Cremonini, S.Barbero
Description: Ultrasonic snow sensors provide high temporal resolution snow depth and snowfall data used for hydrological applications and avalanche risk assessmen...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-12.pdf
Keywords: ultrasonic snow measurements, snow depth, automatic validation
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Title: Tracking Melt-Freeze Crust Evolution in Val d’Aran (Catalan Pyrenees)
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Jon Apodaka, Montserrat Bacardit, Iván Moner, Jordi Gavaldá
Description: In the Pyrenees, melt-freeze and wind crusts are a very common element in the snow cover. Such layers have an important role in both dry and wet slab ...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P4-03.pdf
Keywords: melt-freeze crust, tracking, evolution, nivology, val d’aran, pyrenees
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Title: Small-Scale Meteorological Conditions at an Avalanche Slope
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Reinhard Fromm, Friedrich Obleitner, Thomas Gigele
Description: The seasonal development of the Alpine snow cover is mainly influenced by terrain features, surface properties, vegetation and atmospheric processes n...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P4-05.pdf
Keywords: micro-meteorology, atmospheric variables, statistical analysis
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Title: Climatological Comparison of 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 Snow Seasons in Central and Western Spanish Pyrenees and its Relationship With the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO)
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: José Antonio Vada, Javier Rodríguez-Marcos, Samuel Buisán, Ismael San Ambrosio
Description: The 2011–2012 winter season can be considered exceptional in Spanish Central and Western Pyrenees due to the scarce precipitation and unconsol...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P4-10.pdf
Keywords: snow accumulation, number of snow days (nsd), persistence of snow, north atlantic oscillation (nao), spanish pyrenees
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Title: Can a Point Measurement Represent the Snow Depth in its Vicinity? A Comparison of Areal Snow Depth Measurements With Selected Index Sites
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Thomas Grünewald, Michael Lehning
Description: Information on the amount of snow stored in a catchment or on a mountain is an important issue for hydrology, natural hazards, winter tourism or mount...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P4-13.pdf
Keywords: index-site, representativeness of point measurement, snow depth, airborne laser scanning, lidar
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Title: Remote Sensing Tools for Snow and Avalanche Research
Date: 2012
Authors: Yves Bühler
Description: Since the first images acquired from airplanes (1915) and satellites (1960), remote sensing has had a great impact in diverse number of fields such a...
Object ID: issw-2012-264-268.pdf
Keywords: remote sensing, digital elevation models dem, snow depth, snow type, spatially continuous measurements
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Title: Measurement Campaigns to Investigate Blowing Snow and Snow Drift Conditions at a High Altitude Site
Date: 2012
Authors: G. Guyomarc’h, H. Bellot, Y. Durand, F. Naaim-Bouvet, A. Prokop, V. Vionnet
Description: In order to make progress in avalanche research and to improve avalanche risk forecasting, at least two elements must be taken into account: the inves...
Object ID: issw-2012-961-967.pdf
Keywords: blowing snow modeling, in-situ measurements
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Title: Measurements of Small Scale Spatial and Temporal Variability of Snow Depth and SWE in a Small Mountain Catchment
Date: 2009
Authors: T. Grünewald, M. Schirmer, M. Lehning
Description: Using a new type of terrestrial laser scanner (TLS), which is particularly suited for measurements of snow covered surfaces, we monitored snow depth, ...
Object ID: issw-2009-0151-0154.pdf
Keywords: spatial variability, snow water equivalent, snow depth, terrestrial laser scanner, melt rates
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Title: Analysis of Temporal and Spatial Snow Depth Changes in a Steep Rock Face
Date: 2009
Authors: Vanessa Wirz, Michael Schirmer, Michael Lehning
Description: To understand snow distribution in steep rock walls a high resolution terrestrial laser scanner (TLS) was used to achieve precise snow height digital...
Object ID: issw-2009-0155-0159.pdf
Keywords: terrestrial laser scanning, snow depth changes, rock face, snow distribution
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