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Title: Supporting, Evaluating, and Planning Avalanche Control Efforts with Lidar-Derived Snow Depth Maps
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Jeffrey S. Deems, Ryan Evanczyk, Dominic Vellone, Ethan Greene, Tyler Weldon, David C. Finnegan, Peter J. Gadomski, Adam L. LeWinter
Description: Recent studies have demonstrated the applicability and potential for ground-based lidar mapping to support avalanche control operations. High-resoluti...
Object ID: ISSW16_O9.02.pdf
Keywords: lidar, spatial variability, avalanche control, infrastructure planning
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Title: Variations of Snow Instability Seen From a Bird's Eye
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Benjamin Reuter, Jürg Schweizer
Description: The layering of the seasonal snowpack resembles an archive of the season's meteorological history. Whereas at the mountain range scale mainly meteorol...
Object ID: ISSW16_O11.03.pdf
Keywords: snow micro-penetrometer, spatial variability, snow instability, geostatistical modeling, snow cover modeling
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Title: Spatio-temporal Snow Depth Estimates with Time-Lapse Photography
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Reinhard Fromm, Marc S. Adams
Description: Applications using data collected with time-lapse photography provide estimates of snow glide intensities or the spatio-temporal extent of the snow co...
Object ID: ISSW16_P1.27.pdf
Keywords: time series, webcam imagery, sun and moon shadow, spatio-temporal interpolation
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Title: Photogrammetrically Derived Estimates of Snow Depth Variability in Complex Terrain
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Gabriel Wolken, Erin Whorton, Alexander Gould
Description: Seasonal snow is a key cryospheric variable because of its influence on energy and wa-ter budgets, regional economies, and public safety. Quantitative...
Object ID: ISSW16_P1.47.pdf
Keywords: snow depth, spatial variability, photogrammetry, structure from motion, avalanche, alaska
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Title: Five Seasons of Detailed Surface Hoar Observations: What Have We Learned?
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Jordy Hendrikx, Tom Leonard
Description: Since the start of the 2011-12 season the Yellowstone Club Ski Patrol have diligently been collecting detailed observations of surface hoar (SH) prese...
Object ID: ISSW16_P3.07.pdf
Keywords: spatial variability, surface hoar, synoptic approach, forecasting
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Title: Being Prepared for Low Frequency Major Avalanche Rescues
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Donald Bogie, Andrew L. Hobman
Description: From a risk and search management perspective, an avalanche Search and Rescue (SAR) response contains many factors that increase the complexity and ri...
Object ID: ISSW16_P3.16.pdf
Keywords: rescue, avalanche site control, training
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Title: Qualitative Analysis of the Transfer of Knowledge About Snow Avalanches in the Land Use Planning of Four Territories of Europe - Qualitative Analysis and Conceptual Map
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Luis G. López-Cobo
Description: Scientific research on snow avalanches and land use planning is relatively modern. We know of no previous work that analyzes the knowledge transfer a...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-32.pdf
Keywords: avalanches, regional/spatial planning, knowledge transfer, conceptual map, grounded theory
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Title: A Comparison of Terrain-Based Parameter, Wind-Field Modelling and TLS Snow Depth Data for Snow Drift Modelling
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Alexander Prokop, Peter Schön, Vincent Vionnet, Florence Naaim-Bouvet, Gilbert Guyomarc’h, Yves Durand, Hervet Bellot, Florain Singer, Kouichi Nishimura
Description: Wind and the associated snow drift are dominating factors determining the snow distribution and accumulation in alpine areas, resulting in a in high s...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-60.pdf
Keywords: snow, wind, redistribution, tls, terrain parameter, arps
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Title: On Modelling the Formation and Survival of Surface Hoar in Complex Terrain
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Nora Helbig, Alec van Herwijnen
Description: Surface hoar crystals form on the snow surface during cold nights. Cloudless sky, humid air and low to moderate wind speeds are required meteorologica...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P4-06.pdf
Keywords: surface hoar, spatial variability, complex terrain characteristics, avalanche forecasting
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Title: Spatial Distribution of HBV-ETH Model
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Zbyněk Klose, Jiří Pavlásek, Roman Juras, Jiří Roubínek
Description: The original HBV model is a conceptual, rainfall-runoff, semi-distributed model for daily runoff simulation. The advantage of this model is the minimu...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P4-26.pdf
Keywords: snow cover, snowmelt modelling, spatial distribution
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Title: Spatio-Temporal Reconstruction of Snow Avalanche Activity Using Dendrogeomorphological Method in Bucegi Mountains-Romanian Carpathians
Date: 2012
Authors: Mircea Voiculescu, Alexandru Onaca, Patrick Chiroiu
Description: Bucegi Mountains are located on the eastern part of Southern Carpathians (Romanian Carpathians). Considering the high altitudes (over 2500 m) and mass...
Object ID: issw-2012-729-735.pdf
Keywords: dendrochronology, avalanche hazard, snow avalanche path
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Title: Measurement Campaigns to Investigate Blowing Snow and Snow Drift Conditions at a High Altitude Site
Date: 2012
Authors: G. Guyomarc’h, H. Bellot, Y. Durand, F. Naaim-Bouvet, A. Prokop, V. Vionnet
Description: In order to make progress in avalanche research and to improve avalanche risk forecasting, at least two elements must be taken into account: the inves...
Object ID: issw-2012-961-967.pdf
Keywords: blowing snow modeling, in-situ measurements
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Title: How to Detect Snow Fall Occurrence During Blowing Snow Event?
Date: 2012
Authors: Florence Naaim-Bouvet, Hervé Bellot, Kouichi Nishimura, Christophe Genthon, Cyril Palerme, Gilbert Guyomarc’h
Description: In mountainous areas, drifting snow influences the spatial distribution of the snow cover and consequently snowpack stability and avalanche risk. When...
Object ID: issw-2012-976-982.pdf
Keywords: blowing snow, drifting snow, snow fall, precipitation, sensor, alps, antarctic
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Title: Using Near Infrared Photography to Link Spatial Patterns in Stratigraphy with Stability
Date: 2010
Authors: Edward Bair
Description: A majority of avalanche research has focused on persistent layers. In comparison, we know very little about non-persistent weak layers despite their p...
Object ID: ISSW_P-008.pdf
Keywords: near infrared photography, spatial patterns, stratigraphy, stability
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Title: Analysis of Temporal and Spatial Snow Depth Changes in a Steep Rock Face
Date: 2009
Authors: Vanessa Wirz, Michael Schirmer, Michael Lehning
Description: To understand snow distribution in steep rock walls a high resolution terrestrial laser scanner (TLS) was used to achieve precise snow height digital...
Object ID: issw-2009-0155-0159.pdf
Keywords: terrestrial laser scanning, snow depth changes, rock face, snow distribution
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