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Title: Micromechanical Analysis of Energy Release in Snow Fracture
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Anthony M. LeBaron, Daniel A. Miller
Description: Fracture initiation and propagation in snow is paramount to understanding the avalanche process. There is ongoing discussion and debate regarding the ...
Object ID: ISSW16_P1.34.pdf
Keywords: fracture, energy release rate
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Title: Evaluation of Protection Measures Against Avalanches in Forested Terrain
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Thomas Feistl, Armin Fischer, Peter Bebi, Perry Bartelt
Description: Small to medium sized avalanches release in forest gaps and open forest above roads and infrastructure in the Prealps regularly each winter. Avalanche...
Object ID: ISSW16_P1.12.pdf
Keywords: avalanche, forest, public safety, modelling
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Title: Looking to the '20s: Computer-Assisted Avalanche Forecasting in Canada
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: James A. Floyer, Karl Klassen, Simon Horton, Pascal Haegeli
Description: In contrast to weather forecasting, where public and professional adoption of computer-based numerical weather prediction systems has been dramatic, a...
Object ID: ISSW16_P4.15.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, computer modelling, computer-assisted forecasting
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Title: Integration of a Drifting Snow Scheme in the French Operational Modeling for Avalanche Risk Forecasting: Validation Over 10 Years
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: G. Guyomarc’h, Y. Durand1, G. Giraud, F. Naaim-Bouvet
Description: For several years the Snow Study Centre of Météo-France and the Snow avalanche engineering and torrent control research unit of IRSTEA have been...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O2-04.pdf
Keywords: blowing snow modeling, in-situ measurements, operational forecast for avalanche hazard
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Title: Comparing Different MODIS Snow Products With Distributed Simulation of the Snowpack in the French Alps
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Luc Charrois, Marie Dumont, Pascal Sirguey, Samuel Morin, Matthieu Lafaysse, Fatima Karbou
Description: Satellite images of the Earth surface are increasingly used to assist in the spatiotemporal assessment of ground conditions, including the presence of...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O2-12.pdf
Keywords: remote sensing, seasonal snow cover, modelling
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Title: Application of Empirical Calculations and Dynamics Models for Snow Avalanche Hazard Assessment in Russia
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Alla S. Turchaninova
Description: A lot of statistical runout models based on topographic parameters of the avalanche tracks were performed by snow engineers for different mountain re...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-51.pdf
Keywords: snow avalanche, statistical runout models, dynamics modeling, ramms, hazard assessment
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Title: Remote Sensing Tools for Snow and Avalanche Research
Date: 2012
Authors: Yves Bühler
Description: Since the first images acquired from airplanes (1915) and satellites (1960), remote sensing has had a great impact in diverse number of fields such a...
Object ID: issw-2012-264-268.pdf
Keywords: remote sensing, digital elevation models dem, snow depth, snow type, spatially continuous measurements
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Title: Testing and Implementing a Wind Redistribution Model in Mountainous Terrain Using a High-Resolution Lidar-Derived DEM
Date: 2012
Authors: Andrew Hedrick, Hans-Peter Marshall, Scott Havens, Adam Winstral, Achim Heilig
Description: Spatial variability in the seasonal snowpack is affected by many factors, but wind redistribution, in addition to snowfall rate and sublimation, are ...
Object ID: issw-2012-1059-1064.pdf
Keywords: snowpacke, spatial variability, terrain,
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Title: Dense Avalanche Friction Coefficients Influence of Nivological Parameters
Date: 2012
Authors: Mohamed Naaim, Yves Drand
Description: High altitudes, heavy snow, and sharp mountainous relief of Mont Blanc massif make the upper part of the Arve valley (Chamonix, France) one of the mos...
Object ID: issw-2012-046-050.pdf
Keywords: dense snow avalanche, avalanche history,avalanche path, friction coefficients
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Title: A Characterization of Snow Gliding and Potential Predisposing Factors in a Full-Depth Slab Avalanche Release Area (Valle d’Aosta, NW Italian Alps)
Date: 2012
Authors: E. Ceaglio, M. Freppaz, G. Filippa, S. Ferraris, E. Zanini, V. Segor
Description: In recent years many progresses have been made in the comprehension of the glide avalanches; however processes leading to this kind of phenomena are ...
Object ID: issw-2012-561-568.pdf
Keywords: snow gliding, full-depth avalanche, avalanche forecasting, glide crack activity
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Title: Discrete Element Modelling to Compute Drag Coefficients of Obstacles Impacted by Granular Flows
Date: 2009
Authors: Lionel Favier, Dominique Daudon, Frederic Donze, Jacky Mazars
Description: Passive protection structures against natural granular flows (snow avalanches, debris flow) are designed with a rough approximation of their drag coef...
Object ID: issw-2009-0500-0504.pdf
Keywords: granular flow, discrete element, obstacle, drag coefficient
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Title: Major Element Chemistry of Inner-Alpine Snowpacks, Aosta Valley (NW Italian Alps)
Date: 2009
Authors: G. Filippa, M. Freppaz, M.W. Williams, E. Zanini
Description: Snowmelt is the dominant hydrologic event on an annual basis in high-elevation areas. Liquid water, particulates, and solutes stored over the winter p...
Object ID: issw-2009-0165-0169.pdf
Keywords: inner-alpine, nitrogen deposition, snowmelt, water quality
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Title: Snow Cover Monitoring and Modelling in the Alps Using Multi Temporal Modis Data
Date: 2009
Authors: P. Rastner, L. Irsara, T. Schellenberger, S. Della Chiesa, G. Bertoldi, S. Endrizzi , C. Notarnicola, M. Zebisch
Description: This study presents an intercomparison of three snow cover products derived from satellite data: the MODIS MOD10 standard product, a new MODIS snow co...
Object ID: issw-2009-0214-0218.pdf
Keywords: south tyrol, modis, snow cover, time series, climate change, modelling
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Title: Numerical Modeling of Liquid Water Movement in Snow Cover
Date: 2009
Authors: Hiroyuki Hirashima, Satoru Yamaguchi, Atsushi Sato
Description: Liquid water movement in snow cover is an important aspect of wet snow metamorphism, and understanding it is vital for forecasting wet snow avalanches...
Object ID: issw-2009-0252-0255.pdf
Keywords: water transport model, capillary pressure, hydraulic conductivity, numerical snowpack model
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Title: Statistical Avalanche Run-Out Modelling Using GIS on Selected Slopes of Western Tatras National Park, Slovakia
Date: 2009
Authors: Marek Biskupič, Ivan Barka
Description: Without doubt avalanche run-out distances play a key role in landuse planning within avalanche prone areas. The Žiarska valley in Western Tatras i...
Object ID: issw-2009-0482-0487.pdf
Keywords: snow avalanches, geographic information systems (gis), run-out modelling, western tatras
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