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Title: Weak Layer Detection in Simulated Snow Stratigraphy: Date: 2012; Authors: Fabiano Monti, JÃ¼rg Schweizer, Charles Fierz; Description: Numerical modelling of snow cover stratigraphy with, for example, the 1-D snow cover model SNOWPACK has the potential to increase the spatial and temp...; Object ID: issw-2012-092-097.pdf; Keywords: snowpack stratigraphy, snow hardness, hand hardness test, weak layer; View additional details about Weak Layer Detection in Simulated Snow Stratigraphy

Title: What Can Avalanche Burials Hear? Acoustic Characteristics of Snow Packs and Their Relation to Input Sounds: Date: 2012; Authors: Ken-Ichi Sakakibara, Katuhiro Maki, Kimiko Yamakawa, Shigeaki Amano; Description: In this paper, acoustic characteristic of sound insulation of two different snow packs: (1) a natural snow pack; and (2) a compressed snow by stomping...; Object ID: issw-2012-1011-1016.pdf; Keywords: acoustics, snow pack, ski poles, snow burial; View additional details about What Can Avalanche Burials Hear? Acoustic Characteristics of Snow Packs and Their Relation to Input Sounds

Title: The New Challenge is No More to Improve Prediction, But to Better Manage the Unexpected: Date: 2012; Authors: Alain Duclos; Description: While researchers are devoting their efforts for decades to improve avalanche forecasting, it still appears that the victims are almost always surpris...; Object ID: issw-2012-473-478.pdf; Keywords: avalanche forecasting, avalanche risk reduction, hazard; View additional details about The New Challenge is No More to Improve Prediction, But to Better Manage the Unexpected

Title: Fiber Optic Distributed Temperature Sensing in Avalanche Research: Date: 2010; Authors: M. Woerndl, A. Prokop, S. W. Tyler, C. E. Hatch, J. Dozier; Description: Knowledge about snow pack stability at a certain location and at a certain point in time is important for avalanche practitioners and backcountry trav...; Object ID: ISSW_P-007.pdf; Keywords: snow temperature, snow pack, driving forces; View additional details about Fiber Optic Distributed Temperature Sensing in Avalanche Research

Title: SPA - Snow Pack Analysing System: Date: 2009; Authors: Reinhard Fiel, Wolfram Sommer, Thomas Rentsch; Description: The Snow Pack Analysing System is an automatic in-situ measurement system to determine the characteristics of snow covers. Measurements of the complex...; Object ID: issw-2009-0129-0131.pdf; Keywords: snow density, snow water equivalent, liquid water content, in-situ measurement; View additional details about SPA - Snow Pack Analysing System

Title: Temporal Changes in the Spatial Variability of Shear Strength and Stability: Date: 2004; Authors: Spencer Logan, Karl Birkeland, Kalle Kronholm, Kathy Hansen; Description: Avalanche forecasting involves the prediction of spatial and temporal variability of the snowpack. To predict avalanches with more accuracy it is impo...; Object ID: ISSW-2004-009.pdf; Keywords: spatial variability, avalanches, avalanche forecasting, temporal change; View additional details about Temporal Changes in the Spatial Variability of Shear Strength and Stability

Title: As the Snow Goes, A Multivariable Study of Factors that Affect Loss of Snow: Date: 2004; Authors: Erica David; Description: What are effects of environmental factors on sublimation of snow pack? There is a need to retain winterâ€™s snow pack to improve water supply dur...; Object ID: issw-2004-022-031.pdf; Keywords: intercepted snow, branch resistance, sublimation, snow pack, water supply; View additional details about As the Snow Goes, A Multivariable Study of Factors that Affect Loss of Snow

Title: Strength Changes of Layers of Faceted Snow Crystals in the Columbia and Rocky Mountain Snowpack Climates in Southwestern Canada: Date: 2000; Authors: Greg Johnson, Bruce Jamieson; Description: The strength of layers of faceted crystals is important for forecasting snow stability. During the winters of 1993-2000, in the intermountain snowpack...; Object ID: issw-2000-086-093.pdf; Keywords: snow crystals, faceted crystals, snow strength, snow climate, avalanche, avalanche forecasting; View additional details about Strength Changes of Layers of Faceted Snow Crystals in the Columbia and Rocky Mountain Snowpack Climates in Southwestern Canada

Title: Sensor Frequency, Wave Guide Orientation and Type, and Their Influence on Acoustic Emission Monitoring of Snow Pack Stability: Date: 1986; Authors: Robert J. Watters, Kirk Swanson; Description: Acoustic emission monitoring of the snow pack indicates that 1) acoustic emission rate is related to settlement, creep and snow loading rate; 2) snow ...; Object ID: issw-1986-081-085.pdf; Keywords: stability, snowpack, frequency, density, skiing activity; View additional details about Sensor Frequency, Wave Guide Orientation and Type, and Their Influence on Acoustic Emission Monitoring of Snow Pack Stability

Title: The Swiss Rutschblock Snow Stability Evaluation Test: Date: 1986; Authors: Danny Whitmore, Susan A. Burak, James Malone, Robert E. Davis; Description: Conventional backcountry shear tests of the snow pack are compared with the Swiss Rutschblock test on steep, stable slopes. Conventional tests use a v...; Object ID: issw-1986-207-209.pdf; Keywords: snow pack, rutschblock, slab strength, backcountry skiing; View additional details about The Swiss Rutschblock Snow Stability Evaluation Test