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Title: Front and Internal Velocity Distribution in Powder Snow Avalanches
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Jan-Thomas Fischer, Anselm Köehler, Andreas Kofler, Betty Sovilla, Jim McElwaine
Description: Accurate velocity measurements of avalanches are essential for testing simulation tools and for performing risk mitigating studies. However, the flow ...
Object ID: ISSW16_O9.04.pdf
Keywords: avalanche dynamics, radar measurement, velocity, avalanche head dynamics
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Title: Double Mesures de Hauteurs de Neige: Une Innovation Pour Mieux Gérer le Risque d’Avalanche en Temps Réel sur les Routes de Savoie (France)
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Gaëlle Bourgeois, Alain Duclos, Stéphane Caffo
Description: Savoy's regional government manages more than 3000km of roads, including approximately 1000km over the elevation of 1000m. More than a hundred sectio...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O2-05.pdf
Keywords: blowing snow, remote weather station, snow height measurement
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Title: An Innovative Algorithm for Unmanned Validation of Automatic Snow Depth Measurements
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: S. Terzago, M.Faletto, Correspondingauthor, M.C. Prola, S. Fratianni, R. Cremonini, S.Barbero
Description: Ultrasonic snow sensors provide high temporal resolution snow depth and snowfall data used for hydrological applications and avalanche risk assessmen...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-12.pdf
Keywords: ultrasonic snow measurements, snow depth, automatic validation
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Title: Drifting and Blowing Snow Measurements: Comparison Between Snow Particle Counter and a Simple Photoelectronic Fork Sensor (Wenglor)
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: H. Bellot, F. Naaim-Bouvet, L. Piard, C.Palerme, C.Genthon
Description: Heterogeneity of snow cover in high mountain area may increase avalanche hazard. In Antarctica, drifting snow plays an important role in the surface m...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-17.pdf
Keywords: blowing snow measurement, spc, wenglor, sensor
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Title: IceCube, A Portable and Reliable Instrument for Snow Specific Surface Area Measurement in the Field
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Nicolas Zuanon
Description: The specific surface area (SSA), defined as the surface area per unit mass, is a key variable to describe the physical properties of snow. It is seen ...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-20.pdf
Keywords: specific surface area, reflectance, grain size, optical measurement
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Title: Testing a New Shear Loading Apparatus for In-Situ Studies of Weak Snow Layers
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Evgeny A. Podolskiy, Monica Barbero, Fabrizio Barpi, Mauro Borri-Brunetto, Oronzo Pallara, Barbara Frigo, Bernardino Chiaia, Guillaume Chambon, Mohamed Naaim
Description: Here we show preliminary results of shear tests carried out with a new shear test apparatus designed and constructed by Politecnico di Torino, DISEG (...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-27.pdf
Keywords: snow, mechanics, instrument, weak layer, avalanche
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Title: Can a Point Measurement Represent the Snow Depth in its Vicinity? A Comparison of Areal Snow Depth Measurements With Selected Index Sites
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Thomas Grünewald, Michael Lehning
Description: Information on the amount of snow stored in a catchment or on a mountain is an important issue for hydrology, natural hazards, winter tourism or mount...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P4-13.pdf
Keywords: index-site, representativeness of point measurement, snow depth, airborne laser scanning, lidar
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Title: Investigation of Adsorbent for a Measurement of Snow Specific Surface Area by the Gas Adsorption Method
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Akihiro Hachikubo, Satoru Yamaguchi, Hayato Arakawa, Tomonori Tanikawa, Masahiro Hori, Konosuke Sugiura, Masashi Niwano, Katsuyuki Kuchiki, Teruo Aoki
Description: The specific surface area (SSA) of snow has been of particular interest to researchers because SSA strongly relates with snow albedo and is a better i...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P4-16.pdf
Keywords: ssa, bet, methane, krypton, hexane
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Title: Collecting Snow Measurements with Ushahidi: Arpa Piemonte Experience During Winter 2013
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: R. Cremonini, A. R. Gaeta, E. Solero, R. Pispico, M. Faletto, M.C, Prola, S. Barbero
Description: Accurate and updated measurements are critical for snow stability conditions assessment and avalanche risk evaluation. Recently, Arpa Piemonte has cus...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P5-43.pdf
Keywords: snow measurements, smartphone app, geo-referred information
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Title: Objective Comparison of Two to Three Dimensional Avalanche Model Output and Field Data Using the Aimec Approach
Date: 2012
Authors: Jan-Thomas Fische, Reinhard Fromma, Peter Gauerb, Betty Sovillac
Description: In recent years two to three dimensional avalanche simulation tools have gained importance to esti- mate the hazard. The models are optimized to deter...
Object ID: issw-2012-574-579.pdf
Keywords: snow, avalanche, dynamics, modeling, doppler radar, velocity
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Title: Artificial Release and Detection of Avalanches: Managing Avalanche Risk on Traffic Infrastructures, A Case Study from Austria
Date: 2012
Authors: Arnold Kogelnig, Samuel Wyssen, Josef Pichler
Description: The Austrian state road Paznauntal road B188 is located in the avalanche-exposed Paznaun Valley. Several sections of the road have to be closed regula...
Object ID: issw-2012-535-540.pdf
Keywords: avalanche management, radar, artificial release
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Title: Remote Detection of Snow Avalanches in Switzerland Using Infrasound, Doppler Radars and Geophones
Date: 2010
Authors: Lorenz Meier, Daniel Lussi
Description: Remote detection of snow avalanches is an appealing instrument for monitoring snow avalanche activity during periods of bad visibility. It supports lo...
Object ID: ISSW_O-002.pdf
Keywords: snow avalanches, infrasound, doppler radar measurements
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Title: Slope-Scale Snowpack Stability Derived from Multiple Snowmicropen Measurements and High-Resolution Terrestrial FMCW Radar Surveys
Date: 2010
Authors: Hans-Peter Marshall, Christine Pielmeier, Scott Havens, Frank Techel
Description: Slope-scale stability assessments from SnowMicroPen (SMP) profiles and from remote sensing techniques would support avalanche forecasting operations, ...
Object ID: ISSW_O-018.pdf
Keywords: snow cover, snow cover stability, snow stability evaluation, micro penetrometer, mechanical properties, avalanche forecasting, remote sensing, radar
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Title: Key Parameters For Local Drifting Snow Events
Date: 2010
Authors: Gilbert Guyomarc’h, Yves Durand
Description: The transport of snow by the wind is one of the most important processes influencing the accumulation and ablation of the snow in the mountains; this ...
Object ID: ISSW_P-076.pdf
Keywords: blowing snow modeling, operational avalanche forecasting
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Title: In-Situ Measurements and Temporal Evolution of the Thermal Conductivity Profile of an Alpine Snowpack
Date: 2009
Authors: Samuel Morin, Florent Domine, Laurent Arnaud, Ghislain Picard, Hans-Werner Jacobi, Jean-Marie Willemet
Description: We report on a 3-months long time series of in-situ measurements of the thermal conductivity(kT) of snow at 6 fixed heights in an alpine snowpack in t...
Object ID: issw-2009-0077-0081.pdf
Keywords: thermal conductivity, snow, heated-needle probe, crocus snowpack model
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