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Title: Real-Time Avalanche Detection with Long-Range, Wide-Angle Radars for Road Safety in Zermatt, Switzerland: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Lorenz Meier, MylÃ¨ne F. Jacquemart, Bernhard Blattmann, Bernhard Arnold; Description: Two notorious avalanche gullies threaten the only access road to Zermatt, Switzerland. Avalanches are released artificially by helicopter blasting whe...; Object ID: ISSW16_O14.01.pdf; Keywords: avalanche alarm system, road safety, radar, avalanche detection; View additional details about Real-Time Avalanche Detection with Long-Range, Wide-Angle Radars for Road Safety in Zermatt, Switzerland

Title: The Reliability of Norwegian Rescue Missions Following Road Related Avalanche Incidents, Modelled with Bayesian Belief Network: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Albert Lunde, Ove NjÃ¥; Description: In Norway, snow avalanches hitting roads are a considerable safety challenge for the rescue services. Previous studies have given rise to wondering ab...; Object ID: ISSW16_P3.11.pdf; Keywords: avalanche rescue, risk management, reliability, risk indicators, bayesian belief networks; View additional details about The Reliability of Norwegian Rescue Missions Following Road Related Avalanche Incidents, Modelled with Bayesian Belief Network

Title: Safe Haven At Road Sides Near Avalache Prone Sites: Date: 2010; Authors: Ãrni JÃ³nsson; Description: Snow avalanches cause threat to road traffic in mountainous areas in Iceland in wintertime. One or more vehicles are hit by avalanches every year but ...; Object ID: ISSW_P-049.pdf; Keywords: road traffic, avalanches, avalanche accidents, safe area; View additional details about Safe Haven At Road Sides Near Avalache Prone Sites

Title: The Upgraded Full-Scale Avalanche Test-Site Ryggfonn, Norway: Date: 2010; Authors: Peter Gauer, Hedda Breien, Dieter Issler, Krister Kristensen, Kalle Kronholm, Erik Lied, Karstein Lied; Description: Measurements of full-scale avalanches are expensive and time consuming, but are indispensable to gain in-depth understanding of the flow behavior of a...; Object ID: ISSW_P-084.pdf; Keywords: test site, catching dam, runout zone, slf full-scale tests; View additional details about The Upgraded Full-Scale Avalanche Test-Site Ryggfonn, Norway

Title: Avalanche Protection for Construction Site: Date: 2009; Authors: Thomas Rentsch, Ruedi StÃ¼ssi; Description: â€œLinthal 2015â€ is as more than 1.5 billion project in the eastern Alps of Switzerland to expand an existing hydro power plant. Several con...; Object ID: issw-2009-0592-0596.pdf; Keywords: avalanche, prevention, artificial release, working site, avalanche blasting; View additional details about Avalanche Protection for Construction Site

Title: Automatised Range-Gated Doppler Radar Measurements of a Spontaneously Released Avalanche at the VallÃ©e de la Sionne Test Site: Date: 2009; Authors: L. Rammer, H. Schreiber, M. Hiller, F. Dufour, B. Sovilla, P. Gauer, M.A. Kern; Description: Range-gated Doppler radar measurements provide decisive information about the motion of an avalanche along the avalanche track. However, up to now, su...; Object ID: issw-2009-0472-0476.pdf; Keywords: avalanche dynamics, radar measurements, spontaneous avalanche; View additional details about Automatised Range-Gated Doppler Radar Measurements of a Spontaneously Released Avalanche at the VallÃ©e de la Sionne Test Site

Title: Numerical Experiments of Wind Transport Over a Mountainous Instrumented Site at Small, Medium and Large Scales: Date: 2000; Authors: Florence Bouvet-Naaim, Yves Durand, Mohamed Naaim, Gilbert Guyomarc'h, Jean-Luc Michaux, Laurent Merindol; Description: For about ten winter seasons, the CEN and the CEMAGREF, two French laboratories involved in snow research, have performed intensive field measurement ...; Object ID: issw-2000-302-308.pdf; Keywords: drifting snow, wind, experimental site, measurement, numerical model; View additional details about Numerical Experiments of Wind Transport Over a Mountainous Instrumented Site at Small, Medium and Large Scales

Title: Overview of the 1999 Measurements at the SLF Test-Site Vallee De La Sionne: Date: 2000; Authors: Francois Dufour, Urs Gruber, Perry Bartelt, Walter J. Ammann; Description: Three large avalanches were artificially triggered on January 30th, February 10th and February 25th 1999, at the Vallee de la Sionne test site of the ...; Object ID: issw-2000-527-534.pdf; Keywords: avalanche deposits, avalanche dynamics, avalanche modelling, avalanche velocities, impact forces, avalanche experiments, avalanche forces; View additional details about Overview of the 1999 Measurements at the SLF Test-Site Vallee De La Sionne