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Title: Towards a New Chain of Models for Avalanche Hazard Forecasting in French Mountain Ranges, Including Low Altitude Mountains
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Matthieu Lafaysse, Samuel Morin, Cecile Coleou, Matthieu Vernay, Damien Serca, Francois Besson, Jean-Marie Willemet, Gerald Giraud, Yves Durand
Description: Operational avalanche hazard warning carried out by Météo-France for the three main mountain ranges (Alps, Pyrenees, Corsica) have used snow sim...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O1-02.pdf
Keywords: snow modelling, operational, ground, mid-altitude
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Title: SNOWPACK: Where Do We Stand Today?
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Charles Fierz, Mathias Bavay, Nander Wever, Michael Lehning
Description: We present both snow depth and precipitation driven simulations of the snow cover at Weissfluhjoch, 2540 m a.s.l., near Davos, Switzerland. We perform...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O1-03.pdf
Keywords: snow, snow settlement, snow-cover modelling
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Title: Verification of SNOWPACK Model in the Western Caucasus, Russia, for Spatial Assessment of Snow Cover Stability
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Elena S. Klimenko
Description: We applied physical model Snowpack, developed in Switzerland, to simulate the evolution of snow cover in the Western Caucasus, Russia during three wi...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O1-04.pdf
Keywords: snow cover evolution, physical modeling, snow properties, meteorological data
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Title: Will There (Still) Be Snow for the Upcoming Winter Holidays? On the Conditional Predictability of Snow Conditions Several Weeks to Months in Advance
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Samuel Morin, Matthieu Lafaysse, Cecile Coleou, Yves Lejeune
Description: Modern societies increasingly require anticipation capabilities in virtually all aspects of human life, including snow conditions in mountain regions,...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O1-12.pdf
Keywords: snowpack modelling, predictability, seasonal forecast
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Title: Influence of Summer and Winter Surface Topography on Numerical Avalanche Simulations
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Maggioni M., Bovet, E., Dreier, L., Buehler, Y., Godone, D., Bartelt, P., Freppaz M., Chiaia, B., Segor V.
Description: Numerical avalanche dynamics models are widely used to calculate extreme avalanches for hazard mapping and mitigation measure planning. A basic model ...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O1-21.pdf
Keywords: avalanche modelling, surface topography, running surface, uncertainty
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Title: Blowing Snow in Antarctica: 3 Years of Continuous Observations in Adélie Land
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Alexandre Trouvilliez, Florence Naaim-Bouvet, Christophe Genthon, Vincent Favier, Luc Piard, Hervé Bellot, Cécile Agosta, Cyril Palerme, Charles Amory
Description: The Surface Mass Balance (SMB) of the Antarctic ice sheet is probably the only important negative contribution to the sea-level rise. Net erosion of s...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O4-29.pdf
Keywords: aeolian transport, blowing snow, drifting snow, antarctica, flowcapt
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Title: Trend Analysis of Snow Density and Water Equivalent in the Alpine Region
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Christoph Marty, Anna-Maria Tilg, Tobias Jonas
Description: Snow density is an important property for the characterisation of a snow cover. It is also a key factor for retrieving the snow water equivalent (SWE)...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O5-24.pdf
Keywords: snow density, snow water equivalent, alpine region, variability
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Title: The expert tool XGEO and its applications in the Norwegian Avalanche Forecasting Service
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Emma Barfod, Karsten Müller, Tuomo Saloranta, Jess Andersen, Nils Kristian Orthe, Anders Wartianien, Tore Humstad, Steinar Myrabø, Rune Engeset
Description: Norway is highly dependent on tracking the changing snow cover, not only for the avalanche forecasting but also for hydropower production planning, fl...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-13.pdf
Keywords: map centric tool, observations, snow model, avalanche forecasting
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Title: Improving Snow Properties Retrievals Thermodynamic Snow Models and Satellite Remote Sensing
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Langlois, A., Royer, A.
Description: Snow cover plays a key role in the climate system by influencing the transfer of energy, gas and mass between the soil and the atmosphere. In particul...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-13.pdf
Keywords: snow, passive microwave, model, snowpack, memls, swe, avalanche
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Title: 2D Modelling of Icelandic Snow Avalanches for Hazard Zoning
Date: 2009
Authors: Eiríkur Gíslason
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
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Title: Noaa’s National Snow Analyses
Date: 2006
Authors: Tom Carroll, Don Cline
Description: NOAA’s National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center (NOHRSC) provides comprehensive, near real-time, snow observations, snow analyses,...
Object ID: issw-2006-797-805.pdf
Keywords: energy-and-mass-balance snow model, remote sensing, airborne snow measurements, snow hydrology, water supply, snowmelt flooding
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Title: Modeling and Validation of Snow Redistribution by Wind
Date: 2006
Authors: G. Guyomarc'h, Y. Durand, L. Mérindol
Description: As part of the effort of the Centre d'Etudes de la Neige - Météo-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
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Title: Verification of Snow-Cover Modeling on Slopes
Date: 2004
Authors: Charles Fierz, Michael Lehning
Description: A correct representation of snow-cover evolution on slopes is crucial to enable the use of snow-cover models as a valuable tool for avalanche forecast...
Object ID: issw-2004-094-098.pdf
Keywords: snow-cover modeling, snow stratigraphy, snow stability
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Title: A French Local Tool for Avalanche Hazard Forecasting: Astral, Current State and New Developments
Date: 2002
Authors: Laurent Merindol, Gilbert Guyomarc'h, Gerald Giraud
Description: In several ski resorts, we have distributed a tool named Astral. Every days, this software calculates an Euclidean distance and correlation with past ...
Object ID: issw-2002-105-108.pdf
Keywords: statistical method, avalanche forecasting, weather and snow pack parameters
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Title: Observations from a Statistical Model for Maximum Avalanche Run-Out Distances in Southwest Montana
Date: 1992
Authors: L.R. McKittrick, R.L. Brown
Description: An extreme value (Gumbel) distribution was evaluated as a model of maximum avalanche run-out distances in Southwest Montana. The model is defined in t...
Object ID: issw-1992-326-334.pdf
Keywords: model, runout, avalanche path, slope
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