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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: Monitoring the Stavbrekka Glide Avalanche: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Tore Humstad, Martin VenÃ¥s, Halgeir Dahle, Knut I. Orset, Ingrid Skrede; Description: The yearly Stavbrekka glide avalanche is problematic for the summer opening of the tourist road between Breidalen and Geiranger in Norway. Several eff...; Object ID: ISSW16_P1.05.pdf; Keywords: wet snow, glide avalanche, monitoring, instrumentation; View additional details about Monitoring the Stavbrekka Glide Avalanche

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: Monitoring Avalanches on Ca 120 in Yosemite National Park: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Sue Burak, Edward Bair; Description: Avalanches are a serious hazard to Yosemite National Park personnel during spring snow removal operations along California Highway 120, the Tioga Pass...; Object ID: ISSW16_P4.21.pdf; Keywords: avalanche, glide, yosemite national park, wet snow; View additional details about Monitoring Avalanches on Ca 120 in Yosemite National Park

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: Unusual Dry Slab Avalanche Releases Involving Dust-on-Snow Layers in Colorado: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Zach M. Guy, Jeffrey S. Deems; Description: In recent decades, dust-on-snow events are increasing in both frequency and geographic extent in the Western U.S. Although dust layers have gained a r...; Object ID: ISSW16_O3.03.pdf; Keywords: dust, slab avalanches, metamorphism, forecasting; View additional details about Unusual Dry Slab Avalanche Releases Involving Dust-on-Snow Layers in Colorado

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: Operational Forecasting of Wet Snow Avalanche Activity: a Case Study for the Eastern European Alps: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Andreas Gobiet, Christoph Mitterer, Lisa JÃ¶bstl, Walter Steinkogler, Hannes Rieder, Marc Olefs, Arnold Studeregger, Fabiano Monti, Sascha Bellaire; Description: The prognostic operation of detailed snowpack models has recently been objective of extensive research, since many avalanche services start to move fr...; Object ID: ISSW16_O6.02.pdf; Keywords: forecast, wet-snow avalanches, lwc_index, snowpack; View additional details about Operational Forecasting of Wet Snow Avalanche Activity: a Case Study for the Eastern European Alps

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?

Title: Analysis of the Hazard Caused by Ice Avalanches From the Hanging Glacier on the Eiger West Face: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Stefan Margreth, Martin Funk, Daniel Tobler, Pierre Dalban, Lorenz Meier, Juerg Lauper; Description: The Eiger hanging glacier is located in the west face of the Eiger in the Bernese Alps (Swit-zerland). Large ice avalanches, especially if they trigge...; Object ID: ISSW16_O7.04.pdf; Keywords: risk management, ice avalanche, avalanche simulation, hazard assessment; View additional details about Analysis of the Hazard Caused by Ice Avalanches From the Hanging Glacier on the Eiger West Face

Title: Triggered Avalanche - a Case Study From the Italian Alps: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Igor Chiambretti, Bernardino Chiaia, Barbara Frigo; Description: The 6th February 2014, two parties of 25 Heli-skiers (6 guides and 19 clients) and 3 snow observers were on activity on a large bowl at 2800 m elevati...; Object ID: ISSW16_O8.02.pdf; Keywords: heli ski; triggered avalanche; accident case study; View additional details about Triggered Avalanche - a Case Study From the Italian Alps

Title: Vulnerability of Houses and Persons Under Avalanche Impact â€“ The Avalanche at Longyearbyen on 2015-12-19: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Dieter Issler, JÃ³nsson Ãrni, Peter Gauer, Ulrik Domaas; Description: This study uses data from the avalanche that killed two persons and destroyed eleven essentially identical wood-frame houses in Longyearbyen, Svalbard...; Object ID: ISSW16_O16.03.pdf; Keywords:; View additional details about Vulnerability of Houses and Persons Under Avalanche Impact â€“ The Avalanche at Longyearbyen on 2015-12-19

Title: The Most Disastrous Avalanche Events in Austria Since 1946/47: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Peter HÃ¶ller; Description: Avalanches are one of the principal natural hazards in alpine regions, resulting frequently in disastrous accidents. In this paper accidents with 5 or...; Object ID: ISSW16_O18.01.pdf; Keywords: avalanche accidents, avalanche fatalities, avalanche history; View additional details about The Most Disastrous Avalanche Events in Austria Since 1946/47

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