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Title: Winter Types and Snow Avalanche Activity Along the Arpaş and Bâlea Glacial Valleys - Făgăraş Massif (Southern Carpathians)
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Mircea,Voiculescu, Alexandru Onaca, PatrikChiroiu, Dana Micu
Description: This paper discusses the correlation between winter types and snow avalanche activity, in the Arpaş and the Bâlea glacial valleys, located on th...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-04.pdf
Keywords: winter types, snow avalanches, arpaş and bâlea glacial valleys, făgăraş massif, southern carpathians, romanian carpathians
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Title: The Influence of Weather on Glide-Snow Avalanches
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Lisa Dreier, Christoph Mitterer, Sebastian Feick, Stephan Harvey
Description: During the winter 2011-2012 the Swiss Alps experienced high glide-snow activity. The danger of glide-snow avalanches combined with large snow depths p...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-06.pdf
Keywords: snow gliding, weather influence, glide-snow avalanche, multivariate statistic
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Title: New Tool for Avalanche Forecasting in the Krkonoše Mountains
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Roman Juras, Jiří Pavlásek, Jan Blahůt, Petr Bašta, Zbyněk Klose, Vítěslav Moudrý, Jan Balek
Description: The Krkonoše Mts., with the highest peak reaching 1602 m a.s.l., is the highest mountain range in the Czech Republic. Despite its low altitude they...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-09.pdf
Keywords: czech republic, expert forecasting system, modelling
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Title: Protection de l´Industrie Minière Dans Les Andes
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Pablo Galleguillos Acuña
Description: Minera Los Pelambres (http://www.pelambres.cl/) is a copper (Cu) mining company situated high in the Andean Mountain Range, in a country of South Ame...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-56.pdf
Keywords: avalanche, accidents, weather
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Title: Real-Time Detection of Natural Snow Avalanches by Infrasonic Array Network (IAN) on December 2012 in Valtournenche – Aosta Valley (IT)
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Durand N., Ulivieri G., Marchetti E., Frigo B., Dellavedova P., Ripepe M., Segor V.
Description: Since 2009 and within the Operational programme Italy-France (Alps ALCOTRA) – Projects “DynAval” (2009-2012) and “Map3“...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-33.pdf
Keywords: infrasonic array, snow avalanches, real-time monitoring
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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: Linking Weather Conditions to Snow Property Variations
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Benjamin Reuter, Jürg Schweizer
Description: One of the challenges to modern avalanche forecasting is to enhance the forecasts’ content with information on how snow instability varies in t...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P4-08.pdf
Keywords: snow microstructure, snow properties, fracture, snow stability, spatial variability, weather
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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: The History and Evolution of Track Machinery Used for the Purpose of Avalanche Clean Up on the Alaska Railroad
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Bruce A. Gough
Description: Avalanches pose unique challenges to transportation corridors in Alaska. The states distance from the contiguous lower 48, coupled with extreme weathe...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P4-37.pdf
Keywords: avalanche cleanup, snow rotary, alaska railroad, risk reduction, excavator, bulldozers
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Title: Future Changes in Ski Resorts
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Stewart Sheppard
Description: Ski resorts are on the front line when confronted with the consequences of changes in the business environment, changes in climate and sociological ch...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P4-38.pdf
Keywords: weather patterns, energy markets, sociologial change, adaptation, future ski resorts
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Title: RegObs - Public Database for Submitting and Sharing Observations
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Ragnar Ekker, Kjetil Kværne, Aslak Os, Tore Humstad, Anders Wartiainen, Vidar Eide, Ravi Kjell Hansen
Description: regObs is a tool for submitting and sharing observations needed by The Norwegian Avalanche Center. We have developed regObs as a public tool supportin...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P5-42.pdf
Keywords: regobs, norwegian avalanche center, database, observations, open source, public licence policy
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Title: Depth Hoar, Avalanches, and Wet Slabs: A Case Study of the Historic March, 2012 Wet Slab Avalanche Cycle at Bridger Bowl, Montana
Date: 2012
Authors: Alex Marienthal, Jordy Hendrikx, Doug Chabot, Pete Maleski, Karl Birkeland
Description: During this past winter, southwest Montana had many large avalanches and days of high avalanche danger. In the Bridger Mountains the most prominent an...
Object ID: issw-2012-062-068.pdf
Keywords: bridger mountains, hoar layer, wet slab avalanche, dry slab avalanche, rain on snow
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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: Handler Perceptions of Optimal Scenting Conditions for Avalanche Rescue Dogs
Date: 2012
Authors: Ryan R. Gould, Eeva Latosuo
Description: Little research has been done to directly link environmental factors such as wind speed, humidity and air temperature to scenting conditions for avala...
Object ID: issw-2012-363-366.pdf
Keywords: avalanche rescue dogs, dog handlers, scenting conditions, environmental factors, practical experience
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Title: Playing CSI: A Case Study of the November 12, 2009 Bozeman, Montana Snow Event
Date: 2010
Authors: Benjamin J. Hatchett, Michael L. Kaplan, Darko K. Koracin, John F. Mejia
Description: On Wednesday November 11, 2009 the National Weather Service called for the passage of a front across southwestern Montana ahead of a weak low pressur...
Object ID: ISSW_O-064.pdf
Keywords: convective snowfall, spatial variability, unbalanced flow
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