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Title: Coupling Operational Snowcover Simulations With Avalanche Dynamics Calculations to Assess Avalanche Danger in High Altitude Mining Operations
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Cesar Vera, Nander Wever, Perry Bartelt
Description: The Codelco Andina copper mine is operating in high alpine terrain where avalanches pose a threat to the operations and the infrastructure. A dedicate...
Object ID: ISSW16_O7.02.pdf
Keywords: numeric modeling, avalanche dynamics, snowcover modeling, risk assessing
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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: Effects of Saharan Dust Outbreaks on the Snow Stability in the Pyrenees
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Laetitia Chomette, Montse Bacardit, Jordi Gavaldà, Ivan Moner
Description: Saharan dust outbreaks occur nearly every winter in the Pyrenees. It is well established that dust layers on the top of the snowpack reduce the snow a...
Object ID: ISSW16_P3.02.pdf
Keywords: snowpack structure, variability and metamorphism; avalanche formation, release and dynamics
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Title: Stochastic Methods in Operational Avalanche Simulation - From Back Calculation to Prediction
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Valentin Hellweger, Jan-Thomas Fischer, Andreas Kofler, Andreas Huber, Wolfgang Fellin, Michael Oberguggenberger
Description: Avalanche simulations are an integral part of hazard assessment. Determining the potential hazard requires a multidisciplinary approach, including dif...
Object ID: ISSW16_P4.50.pdf
Keywords: avalanche dynamics, parameter estimation, stochastic simulation, bayes’ theorem, metropolis-hastings algorithm, posterior distribution, back calculation, prediction
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Title: Mathematical Modeling of Slope Flows Entraining Bottom Material
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Eglit M.E, Yakubenko A.E.
Description: Entrainment of bottom material by the slope flows (such as snow avalanches, debris flows and so on) essentially influences on their dynamics, so it s...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-56.pdf
Keywords: slope flows, entrainment of bottom material
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Title: Granulation of Snow
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Walter Steinkogler, Betty Sovilla, Michael Lehning
Description: The mobility of an avalanche, i.e. its potential to move faster and further, can strongly differ for individual avalanches even if the release conditi...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-58.pdf
Keywords: snow avalanche, granulation, snow temperature, mobility
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Title: Plume Formation in Powder Snow Avalanches
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Perry Bartelt, Yves Bühler, Othmar Buser, Christian Ginzler
Description: A long-standing problem in avalanche science is to model the formation and propagation of icedust clouds that accompany fast moving dry snow flowing a...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O1-18.pdf
Keywords: avalanche dynamics, powder snow avalanches, plume formation, ice-dust cloud, blowout height, suspension layer
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Title: Why Don’t Avalanche-Dynamics Models of Higher Complexity Necessarily Lead to Better Predictions?
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Christophe Ancey
Description: The avalanche-dynamics approach has a long history in avalanche prediction. In the absence of computers, scientists and engineers focused on idealized...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O2-20.pdf
Keywords: avalanche-dynamics model, saint-venant equation, prediction and uncertainty, maps
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Title: Geo-Historical Analysis of the Interactions Between Forest and Avalanche Dynamics in a Medium-High Mountain: The Case of the Vosges Range (France)
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Florie Giacona, Brice Martin
Description: Ten meters of snow. This is the height, important for the Massif of Vosges, of the deposit of the avalanche of the end of January, 2012 in the bottom ...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O4-25.pdf
Keywords: vosges mountains, geohistory, avalanche, forest
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Title: Preliminary Results at the Hijiori Avalanche Test Site
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Osamu Abe, Masaki Nemoto, Kenji Kosugi, Isao Kamiishi
Description: Hijiori is one of the heaviest snow areas in Japan. Recently to observe blowing snow and avalanches, an almost perfect place was found in this area. T...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O4-32.pdf
Keywords: avalanche test site, avalanche dynamics, snow cornice
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Title: The Full-Scale Avalanche Dynamics Test Site Vallée de la Sionne Betty
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Betty Sovilla, Jim McElwaine, Walter Steinkogler, Martin Hiller, François Dufour, Emma Suriñach, Cristina Pérez-Guillén, Jan-Thomas Fischer, Emmanuel Thibert, Djebar Baroudi
Description: The full-scale avalanche dynamics test site Vallée de la Sionne (VdlS) is providing scientists and engineers with essential data to understand and...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O4-33.pdf
Keywords: avalanche dynamics, vallée de la sionne, full-scale test site
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Title: Modelling Wet Snow Avalanche Flow with a Temperature Dependent Coulomb Friction Function
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: César Vera and Perry Bartelt
Description: We present a model to describe the motion of wet snow avalanches. This model is used to simulate a well-documented wet snow avalanche event in Switzer...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-44.pdf
Keywords: wet snow, avalanche dynamics, ice friction, meltwater lubrication, numerical modelling
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Title: Back-Analysis Modelling of the Catastrophic Avalanches in Sewell, Central Chilean Andes
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Marc Janeras, Pere Oller, Rodrigo Arancibia, Judit Pons, Olga Costa, Danilo Asensio
Description: In the Chilean Andes, avalanche risk is often related to mining industry, due to its presence in this mountain range, comparing to other activities. A...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-49.pdf
Keywords: back-analysis calculation, avalanche dynamics, chilean andes
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Title: Determining Avalanche Modelling Input Parameters Using Terrestrial Laser Scanning Technology
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Alexander Prokop, Peter Schön, Florian Singer, Gaëtan Pulfer, Mohamet Naaim, Emmanuel Thibert
Description: In dynamic avalanche modelling, data about the volumes and areas of the snow released, mobilized and deposited are key input parameters, as well as th...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-59.pdf
Keywords: laser scanning, dynamic avalanche modelling, modeling
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Title: How Short Warm Events Disrupt Snowcover Dynamics Example of a Polar Basin – Spitsberg, 79°N
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Éric Bernard, Florian Tolle, Jean Michel Friedt, Christelle Marlin, Madeleine Griselin
Description: Arctic is a reliable indicator of global climate changes. Snow dynamics are directly affected, and following processes becomes challenging: some fast...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P4-41.pdf
Keywords: climate change, arctic, snow dynamics, geomatic
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