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Title: Application of Multi-dimensional Water Transport Model to Natural Snow: Reproduction Simulation of Water Sprinkle Experiment: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Hiroyuki Hirashima, Yoshiyuki Ishii, Satoru Yamaguchi; Description: Information about liquid water infiltration into snowpack is important for predicting wet snow avalanches. To replicate rain-on-snow events, water spr...; Object ID: ISSW16_P1.41.pdf; Keywords: water transport model, water sprinkle experiment, discharge; View additional details about Application of Multi-dimensional Water Transport Model to Natural Snow: Reproduction Simulation of Water Sprinkle Experiment

Title: Atmospheric Rivers and Large Avalanche Events in Slide Canyon, Utah, USA: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Matthew C. Primomo; Description: An atmospheric river (AR) is a narrow and long atmospheric structure that is responsible for the majority of horizontal water vapor transport outside ...; Object ID: ISSW16_P4.19.pdf; Keywords: atmospheric river, integrated vapor transport, large avalanche, orographic, precipitation; View additional details about Atmospheric Rivers and Large Avalanche Events in Slide Canyon, Utah, USA

Title: Quantifying Snow Transport Using Snow Fences and Sonic Sensors: Date: 2012; Authors: Svetlana Stuefer, Matthew Sturm; Description: Using two snow fences we constructed in northern Alaska, and an existing municipal fence near Barrow, we measured the growth and size of the snow drif...; Object ID: issw-2012-934-936.pdf; Keywords: snow fence, snowdrift, transportation, flux; View additional details about Quantifying Snow Transport Using Snow Fences and Sonic Sensors

Title: Understanding Snow Transport Processes Shaping the Mountain Snow-Cover: Date: 2009; Authors: Rebecca Mott, Michael Schirmer, Thomas GrÃ¼newald, Michael Lehning; Description: In alpine terrain the snow cover is heterogeneously distributed as a result of wind and precipitation interacting with the snow cover at various scale...; Object ID: issw-2009-0141-0145.pdf; Keywords: spatial variability, small scale wind fields, snow transport processes; View additional details about Understanding Snow Transport Processes Shaping the Mountain Snow-Cover

Title: A Technical Overview of Ministry of Transport Automatic Weather Stations and their Data Elements: Date: 2002; Authors: Cameron G. Rawlinson; Description: At 24 times the physical size of Switzerland, British Columbia contains a wide variety of Avalanche prone terrain in a number of different and often ...; Object ID: issw-2002-393-400.pdf; Keywords: snow sensing, methods of sampling, weather sensing, road weather, avalanche forecasting; View additional details about A Technical Overview of Ministry of Transport Automatic Weather Stations and their Data Elements

Title: Research and Developments on Wind Transport at Meteo-France and its Modelling: Date: 2002; Authors: Yves Durand, Gilbert Guyomarc'h, Laurent Merindol; Description: Snow drift modeling is a difficult challenge due to different factors as the large range of the working scales and the permanent interaction between s...; Object ID: issw-2002-597-603.pdf; Keywords: snow drifting, snow cover ablation, snow cover accumulation, snow evaporation, snow modelling; View additional details about Research and Developments on Wind Transport at Meteo-France and its Modelling

Title: Numerical Experiments of Wind Transport Over a Mountainous Instrumented Site at Small, Medium and Large Scales: Date: 2000; Authors: Florence Bouvet-Naaim, Yves Durand, Mohamed Naaim, Gilbert Guyomarc'h, Jean-Luc Michaux, Laurent Merindol; Description: For about ten winter seasons, the CEN and the CEMAGREF, two French laboratories involved in snow research, have performed intensive field measurement ...; Object ID: issw-2000-302-308.pdf; Keywords: drifting snow, wind, experimental site, measurement, numerical model; View additional details about Numerical Experiments of Wind Transport Over a Mountainous Instrumented Site at Small, Medium and Large Scales

Title: Mobile Gun Positions: Date: 1988; Authors: Bruce Allen; Description: This paper discusses the mobile gun position system used by the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Highways in their avalanche control pr...; Object ID: issw-1988-041-046.pdf; Keywords: mobile gun, control, avalanche; View additional details about Mobile Gun Positions

Title: Three Dimensional Snow Transport Modeling Over Mountainous Terrain: Date: 1988; Authors: T.W. Tesche, Dennis E. McNally; Description: The Snow Accumulation and Numerical Transport Algorithms (SANTA) modeling system integrates a Hountain Windfield Hodel (HWH), a sophisticated Transpor...; Object ID: issw-1988-091-097.pdf; Keywords: forecasting, snowfall, terrain, santa model; View additional details about Three Dimensional Snow Transport Modeling Over Mountainous Terrain

Title: Standpipe Precipitation Gauge: Date: 1988; Authors: Ed Campbell; Description: Staff from the B.C.Ministry of Transportation and Highways, Snow Avalanche Section, have been testing and developing a relatively new style of precipi...; Object ID: issw-1988-146-147.pdf; Keywords: ethylene glycol antifreeze, gauge, precipitation, avalanche, ice layer; View additional details about Standpipe Precipitation Gauge

Title: Bc Ministry of Transportation and Highways Remote Weather Station System Overview: Date: 1988; Authors: J. Bay; Description: The British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Highways Snow Avalanche Section currently maintains a province-wide network of 22 remote weather s...; Object ID: issw-1988-155-157.pdf; Keywords: avalanche, weather stations, hazard, computer; View additional details about Bc Ministry of Transportation and Highways Remote Weather Station System Overview

Title: The Hydrological Importance of Avalanche Snow, Kaghan Valley, Himalaya Mountains, Pakistan: Date: 1988; Authors: Fes de Scally, Jim Gardner; Description: Spring snowmelt is a significant runoff component in the tributaries of the Indus River located on the south side of the Himalayan crest line. Part of...; Object ID: issw-1988-277-283.pdf; Keywords: snow, avalanche, transport, predication, melting, vertical fall; View additional details about The Hydrological Importance of Avalanche Snow, Kaghan Valley, Himalaya Mountains, Pakistan