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Title: Use of Google Analytics at the Kachina Peaks Avalanche Center, Arizona
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Troy A. Marino
Description: For five seasons, the Kachina Peaks Avalanche Center (KPAC) has used Google Analytics (GA) to track usage of the KPAC website kachinapeaks.org. KPAC w...
Object ID: ISSW16_P3.44.pdf
Keywords: google analytics, website, snowpack summary, communication, kpac, arizona
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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: Evaluation of an Avalanche Triggered by a Local Earthquake at the Vallée de la Sionne (Switzerland) Experimental Site
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: C. Pérez- Guillén, E. Suriñach, G. Furdada, M. Hiller, M. Tapia
Description: The snow avalanche group of the University of Barcelona in a collaboration with the SLF (Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research, Davos (Suiza)) mon...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O4-08.pdf
Keywords: avalanche, earthquake, seismic data, infrasound, snow stability factor
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Title: Long-Term (Climatological) to Short-Term (Intensive Campaigns) Field Investigations of Meteorological and Snow Conditions at the Experimental Site Col de Porte
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Samuel Morin, Yves Lejeune, Jean-Michel Panel, Bernard Lesaffre, Laurent Pezard, Carlo Carmagnola, Marie Dumont, Thomas Condom, Romain Biron, Jean-Paul Laurent, Ghislain Picard, Didier Voisin, Laurent Arnaud, Christophe Genthon, Luc Piard, Quentin Libois, Paul Carrier, Frédéric Gottardi
Description: The Col de Porte field station located in the mountains at 1325 m altitude near Grenoble, France, performs snow and meteorological monitoring for ove...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O4-27.pdf
Keywords: snowpack observations, meteorological observations, physical properties of snow
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Title: Peut-On Identifier des Conditions Favorables au Départ d’Avalanches de Plaques de Fond en Neige Sèche Grâce à la Modélisation de la Neige?
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Gilles Brunot
Description: The conditions of natural triggering of full-depth slab avalanches are not well known. The mechanism is complex , due to creep phenomena which are ver...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-02.pdf
Keywords: full depth avalanche, favourable conditions, triggering, modelling
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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: Physical and Isotopic Characteristics of Snowpack in NW Slovenia
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Jaka Ortar, Manca Volk Bahun, Miha Pavšek, Iztok Sinjur, Gregor Vertačnik, Mihael Brenčič, Dušan Polajnar, Sergey A. Sokratov, Polona Vreča
Description: Snowpack is a reflection of different environmental factors, joining all three spheres: atmo-, hydro- and geosphere. Orographic diversity of Slovenia ...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P4-11.pdf
Keywords: snowpack characteristics, oxygen isotopes, alpine watershed, nw slovenia
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Title: Evaluation of Snowmelt Runoff for Extreme Annual Snow Conditions Under Climate Change
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Yoshihiro ASAOKA, Shunsuke KASHIWA, So KAZAMA
Description: This research investigates the response of snowmelt runoff to change in temperature and precipitation for extreme annual snow conditions such as heavy...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P4-45.pdf
Keywords: river discharge, heavy and light snow year, distributed runoff model
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Title: Wikisnow – Interface for Decision Makers in Snow
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Martin Berner und Martin Schuster
Description: The coordination of decision makers that provides customers with a great choice of offpiste guiding and ski tours in the ski resort Arlberg/Austria, ...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P5-06.pdf
Keywords: avalanche, coordination decision makers, wikisnow-infoplatform, app-real time update of events, safe offpiste skiing, arlberg/austria
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Title: Temporal and Spatial Changes of a Seasonal Snowpack Within a Small Sheltered Slope
Date: 2012
Authors: Achim Heilig, Hans-Peter Marshall, Samantha Evans
Description: We studied the seasonal evolution of a natural snowpack and changes thereof within a small sheltered slope, utilizing non-destructive monitoring syste...
Object ID: issw-2012-1069-1080.pdf
Keywords: upground penetrating radar (gpr), tramway ground penetrating radar (gpr), temporal/ spatial variability
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Title: Practitioners View on Quick Study of Snowpack: How to Explain the Vocabulary for Pole Probe Tests and Slope Cutting
Date: 2012
Authors: Theo Meiners, Kim Grant, Sam Sehnert, Matt Belford, Jessica Baker, Robb Maris, Aidan Meiners, Craig Fischer, Nicholas Houfek, Josh Pope, AJ Sanders, Mike Trombetta, Dan Janjigian, Sam Green
Description: As practitioners and heli-ski guides in the Chugach Mountains of Valdez, Alaska we ski cut slopes to mitigate the volume of loose snow avalanches (slu...
Object ID: issw-2012-023-027.pdf
Keywords: sluff, helicopter skiing, snowpack structure, snowpack properties,snowslope stability
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Title: Analyzing the Atmosphere-Snow Energy Balance for Wet-Snow Avalanche Prediction
Date: 2012
Authors: Christoph Mitterer, Jürg Schweizer
Description: Melt water is the major driver of wet-snow instability. Its percolation and interaction with snow is complex, poorly understood and hence not well dep...
Object ID: issw-2012-077-083.pdf
Keywords: snow pack, wet snow avalanches, avalanche danger scale,
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Title: The MLK Event At Crystal Mountain
Date: 2012
Authors: Christopher C. Morin
Description: The winter of 2010/2011 created a surprisingly widespread weak layer across the northwestern United States. In Washington state it became to be known...
Object ID: issw-2012-240-243.pdf
Keywords: snowfall, crusts, avalanche cycles, helicopter bombing
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Title: Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Snow Avalanches Starting in Forested Terrain
Date: 2012
Authors: Michaela Teich, Natalie Zurbriggen, Perry Bartelt, Adrienne Grêt-Regamey, Christoph Marty, Melanie Ulrich, Peter Bebi
Description: Frequency and magnitude of avalanches starting in forested terrain (forest avalanches) are likely to be affected by climate change. We addressed two i...
Object ID: issw-2012-224-251.pdf
Keywords: climate change impact, forests, terrian, weather
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Title: Positioning of Avalanche Protection Measures Using Snow Depth Mapping Via Terrestrial Laser Scanning
Date: 2012
Authors: Alexander Prokop, Christina M. Delaney
Description: In recent years snow depth mapping via terrestrial laser scanning has become increasingly popular as a measurement method used for snow and avalanche ...
Object ID: issw-2012-983-988.pdf
Keywords: snow depth, avalanche protection, release area, slopes
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