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Title: Use of Ground Based INSAR Radar to Monitor Glide Avalanches: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Ingrid Skrede, Lene Kristensen, Carlo Rivolta; Description: Ground based InSAR radars are commonly used to monitor deformations on rock slopes, using acceleration to predict the risk of failure. During the spri...; Object ID: ISSW16_O2.04.pdf; Keywords: glide avalanche, insar, radar, monitoring, stavbrekkfonna; View additional details about Use of Ground Based INSAR Radar to Monitor Glide Avalanches

Title: Case Study: Natural Glide and Wet Slab Avalanche Cycle, Going-To-The-Sun Road, Glacier National Park, Montana USA: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Jake Hutchinson, Erich H. Peitzsch, Adam M. Clark; Description: The Going-to-the-Sun Road (GTSR) is the premier tourist attraction in Glacier National Park, Montana. The GTSR also traverses through and under 40 ava...; Object ID: ISSW16_O3.02.pdf; Keywords: glide avalanche, wet slab avalanche, forecasting, glacier national park, montana; View additional details about Case Study: Natural Glide and Wet Slab Avalanche Cycle, Going-To-The-Sun Road, Glacier National Park, Montana USA

Title: Using Structure From Motion Photogrammetry to Examine Glide Snow Avalanches: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Erich H. Peitzsch, Jordy Hendrikx, Daniel B. Fagre; Description: Structure from Motion (SfM), a photogrammetric technique, has been used extensively and successfully in many fields including geosciences over the pas...; Object ID: ISSW16_P1.02.pdf; Keywords: glide avalanche, structure from motion, photogrammetry, glacier national park, montana; View additional details about Using Structure From Motion Photogrammetry to Examine Glide Snow Avalanches

Title: The Eye in the Sky: Avalanche Mapping From Space: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Regula Frauenfelder, Timothy Glassett, Christian Jaedicke, Malte VÃ¶ge, Carlo Robiati; Description: The Seward Highway in Alaska has over one hundred avalanche paths spread out along a 150 km major transportation corridor, which traverses three diffe...; Object ID: ISSW16_P1.18.pdf; Keywords: glide avalanche, remote sensing, sentinel satellites, transportation corridor; View additional details about The Eye in the Sky: Avalanche Mapping From Space

Title: Use of Time-Lapse Camera in the Norwegian Public Roads Administration (NPRA) to Monitor Known Release Areas for Glide Avalanches in Norway: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Julie E. BjÃ¸rlien, NjÃ¥l Farestveit, Jens Tveit; Description: Glide avalanches represent one of the major avalanche problems for the Norwegian Public Road Administration in Western Norway and are notoriously diff...; Object ID: ISSW16_P2.35.pdf; Keywords: glide avalanches, time-lapse photography; View additional details about Use of Time-Lapse Camera in the Norwegian Public Roads Administration (NPRA) to Monitor Known Release Areas for Glide Avalanches in Norway

Title: Critical Length for the Onset of Crack Propagation in Snow: Reconciling Shear and Collapse: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Johan Gaume, Alec van Herwijnen, Guillaume Chambon, Nander Wever, JÃ¼rg Schweizer; Description: The failure of a weak snow layer buried below cohesive slab layers is a necessary, but insufficient condition for the release of a dry-snow slab avala...; Object ID: ISSW16_O1.02.pdf; Keywords: snow avalanche, crack propagation, critical length, slope angle, pst, slab, weak layer; View additional details about Critical Length for the Onset of Crack Propagation in Snow: Reconciling Shear and Collapse

Title: Using Thermal Imaging to Verify Avalanche Control Results: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Mark Saurer, Damian Jackson, Bill Nalli; Description: As the population of the Salt Lake Valley and popularity of backcountry skiing in the Wasatch continues to grow, so do the logistic difficulties of co...; Object ID: ISSW16_O2.02.pdf; Keywords: thermal imaging, avalanche control, irt; View additional details about Using Thermal Imaging to Verify Avalanche Control Results

Title: Southcentral Alaska's Crack Problem: a 2015/16 Glide Avalanche Case Study: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Aleph Johnston-Bloom, Scott Hilliard, Wendy Wagner, Timothy Glassett, Heather Thamm; Description: Along the Seward Highway corridor in Southcentral Alaska, the winter of 2015/16 was defined by a profound and active glide avalanche cycle. Persisting...; Object ID: ISSW16_O3.01.pdf; Keywords: glide avalanches, alaska, operational decision-making, message fatigue; View additional details about Southcentral Alaska's Crack Problem: a 2015/16 Glide Avalanche Case Study

Title: Rescue at Cherry Bowl an Avalanche Canada Microsite Exploring the Many Learning Opportunities From a Successful Backcountry Avalanche Rescue: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Mary Clayton; Description: Too often, educational opportunities in avalanche safety are based in tragedy. Rescue at Cherry Bowl is a lesson from success; three backcountry skie...; Object ID: ISSW16_O4.01.pdf; Keywords: rescue training, education, awareness, avalanche canada, rescue at cherry bowl; View additional details about Rescue at Cherry Bowl an Avalanche Canada Microsite Exploring the Many Learning Opportunities From a Successful Backcountry Avalanche Rescue

Title: Avalanche Awareness at the Jackson Hole High School: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Sarah Carpenter, Trevor Deighton; Description: Each year, more young skiers, riders, and snowmobilers are accessing the backcountry. For the past 12 years, the American Avalanche Institute has been...; Object ID: ISSW16_O4.03.pdf; Keywords: avalanche education, youth education, wyoming; View additional details about Avalanche Awareness at the Jackson Hole High School

Title: Teenagers in the Backcountry: a Study of Use and Education from the Perspective of High School Students: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Emery L. Rheam; Description: Teenagers are using the backcountry increasingly more and more during the winter for a wide range of activities. When growing up in mountain communiti...; Object ID: ISSW16_O4.04.pdf; Keywords: teenagers, avalanche education, youth education; View additional details about Teenagers in the Backcountry: a Study of Use and Education from the Perspective of High School Students

Title: Risk-Based Avalanche Program Design: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Grant Statham, Brian Gould; Description: Avalanche safety programs around the world are diverse and varied, challenged to forecast avalanche hazard and manage avalanche risk in a variety of e...; Object ID: ISSW16_O5.01.pdf; Keywords: risk, hazard, probability, consequence, exposure, vulnerability, education; View additional details about Risk-Based Avalanche Program Design

Title: Can We Derive an Avalanche Terrain Severity Rating from Observed Terrain Selection of Professional Guides? A Proof-Of-Concept Study: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Scott Thumlert, Pascal Haegeli; Description: The physical risk from snow avalanches poses a serious threat to backcountry recreationalists and the winter backcountry recreation industry. Professi...; Object ID: ISSW16_O5.03.pdf; Keywords: terrain selection, helicopter ski guiding, avalanche risk management, avalanche hazard, gis avalanche terrain classification; View additional details about Can We Derive an Avalanche Terrain Severity Rating from Observed Terrain Selection of Professional Guides? A Proof-Of-Concept Study

Title: Comparison of Measured and Modelled Snow Cover Liquid Water Content to Improve Local Wet-Snow Avalanche Prediction: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Christoph Mitterer, Achim Heilig, Lino Schmid, Alec van Herwijnen, Olaf Eisen, JÃ¼rg Schweizer; Description: Wet-snow avalanches can be difficult to forecast. However, recent studies have suggested that an index (LWCindex) related to the mean liquid water con...; Object ID: ISSW16_O6.01.pdf; Keywords: wet-snow avalanches, avalanche forecasting, liquid water content; View additional details about Comparison of Measured and Modelled Snow Cover Liquid Water Content to Improve Local Wet-Snow Avalanche Prediction

Title: Regional Forecasting of Wet Snow Avalanche Cycles: an Essential Tool for Avalanche Warning Services?: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Sascha Bellaire, Alec van Herwijnen, Christoph Mitterer, Nora Helbig, Tobias Jonas, JÃ¼rg Schweizer; Description: Wet-snow avalanches are relatively poorly understood and difficult to forecast. By definition, liquid water is required in the snow cover, thus predic...; Object ID: ISSW16_O6.03.pdf; Keywords: avalanche forecasting, wet-snow avalanche, snow cover modelling, numerical weather prediction; View additional details about Regional Forecasting of Wet Snow Avalanche Cycles: an Essential Tool for Avalanche Warning Services?

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