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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: 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: Acceleration Processes of Snow Glide Prior to Full-Depth Avalanche Release on Shrub Slopes in the Temperate Heavy-Snow Region of Japan: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Katsuhisa Kawashima, Tsutomu Iyobe, Takane Matsumoto; Description: In the temperate heavy-snow region of Japan, most of snow avalanche disaster arise as a consequence of the full-depth glide avalanche in the area with...; Object ID: ISSW16_P1.07.pdf; Keywords: full-depth glide avalanche, snow glide, avalanche release, shrub slope; View additional details about Acceleration Processes of Snow Glide Prior to Full-Depth Avalanche Release on Shrub Slopes in the Temperate Heavy-Snow Region of Japan

Title: Wet-Snow Fracture Propagation: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Ingrid Reiweger, Markus ZÃ¶chling, Martin Forster, Thomas Wiesinger, Christoph Mitterer; Description: Fracture propagation within wet snow is a key issue in order to understand and predict wet-snow slab avalanches. In our preliminary field study we inv...; Object ID: ISSW16_P1.33.pdf; Keywords: wet snow, fracture propagation, wet-snow avalanches, propagation saw test; View additional details about Wet-Snow Fracture Propagation

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: 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: 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: The Role of Collapse in Avalanche Release: Review and Implications for Practitioners and Future Research: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Edward Bair, Johan Gaume, Alec van Herwijnen; Description: Reports of collapses and whumpfing sounds and their links to instability in the snowpack have been around for decades, but like many areas of snow sci...; Object ID: ISSW16_O1.04.pdf; Keywords: fracture, collapse, anticrack, extended column test, propagation saw test; View additional details about The Role of Collapse in Avalanche Release: Review and Implications for Practitioners and Future Research

Title: Inter-Comparison of Snow Penetrometers (Ramsonde, Avatech SP2 and SnowMicroPen) in the Framework of Avalanche Forecasting: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Pascal Hagenmuller, Thibault Pilloix, Yves Lejeune; Description: Snow hardness, defined as the resistance against penetration of an object into snow, is a good mechanical indicator of the snowpack stratigraphy and i...; Object ID: ISSW16_O2.01.pdf; Keywords: penetrometer, hardness, avatech sp2, ramsonde, snowmicropen; View additional details about Inter-Comparison of Snow Penetrometers (Ramsonde, Avatech SP2 and SnowMicroPen) in the Framework of Avalanche Forecasting

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: 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

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