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Title: Snow Avalanche Activity Monitoring From Space: Creating a Complete Avalanche Activity Dataset for a Norwegian Forecasting Region
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Markus Eckerstorfer, Hannah Vickers, Eirik Malnes
Description: Complete and consistent avalanche activity records, critical for avalanche forecasting, are with traditional monitoring methods not achievable in an e...
Object ID: ISSW16_O9.01.pdf
Keywords: radar remote sensing, avalanche detection, sentinel-1a, change detection
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Title: Microwave Radar Systems for Detecting Avalanches
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: David G. Long, Andre Brummer, Bill Nalli
Description: Key roads in the Western U.S. are often closed by avalanches during the winter. Fortunately, they generally occur in well-defined paths. Knowing when ...
Object ID: ISSW16_O14.03.pdf
Keywords: avalanche detection, radar, remote sensing
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Title: Design and Operation of Remote Avalanche Control Systems (RACS) - a Best-Practice Example in the Alps
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Walter Steinkogler, Stian Langeland, Samuel Wyssen
Description: This paper gives insights in how to design and operate Remote Avalanche Control Systems (RACS) from the initial project planning to the operational av...
Object ID: ISSW16_P2.48.pdf
Keywords: remote avalanche control systems, risk management, design and operation
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Title: Remote Sensing of Avalanches in Northern Norway Using Synthetic Aperture Radar
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Eirik Malnes, Markus Eckerstorfer, Yngvar Larsen, Regula Frauenfelder, Árni Jónsson, Christian Jaedicke, Stian A. Solbø
Description: We present results from using synthetic aperture radar data (SAR) to analyse three avalanches in the county of Troms in northern Norway during the lat...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O2-17.pdf
Keywords: avalanche detection, remote sensing, synthetic aperture radar, uav
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Title: Monitoring Snowfall Events in Lombardia, Italy, by Specialized Observers Network and Advanced Remote Sensing Systems
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: O. Cazzuli, R. Cremonini, R.Grimaldelli, L. Craveri
Description: Real-time monitoring snowfall events in Po valley is often difficult due to fast temperature variations that change snow / rain limits. For this reaso...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-03.pdf
Keywords: instrumentation, monitoring, remote sensing
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Title: The Employment of MODIS Time Series and Soil Temperature to Monitor Snow Cover in the Majella National Park (Italian Central Apennines)
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Godone D., Cocco S., Corti B., Freppaz M., Stanisci A.
Description: Italian Apennines are an unique mountain environment in the central Mediterranean basin as their peaks and massifs reach remarkable altitudes like Co...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-11.pdf
Keywords: daily soil temperature amplitude, phenology, remote sensing, snow cover duration
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Title: Improving Snow Properties Retrievals Thermodynamic Snow Models and Satellite Remote Sensing
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Langlois, A., Royer, A.
Description: Snow cover plays a key role in the climate system by influencing the transfer of energy, gas and mass between the soil and the atmosphere. In particul...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-13.pdf
Keywords: snow, passive microwave, model, snowpack, memls, swe, avalanche
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Title: Data Assimilation of Multilayer Snowpack on Argentière Glacier, Using X-band SAR Data, DMRT and a Detailed Snowpack Model
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Xuan-Vu Phan, Laurent Ferro-Famil, Michel Gay, Yves Durand, Marie Dumont, Samuel Morin, Guy d’Urso
Description: This study discuss the potential of using remote sensing data from Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), couple with Dense Media Radiative Transfer (DMRT) m...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-14.pdf
Keywords: remote sensing, electromagnetic backscattering model, snow grain optical diameter, snow density, radar (sar), data assimilation
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Title: Double Mesures de Hauteurs de Neige: Une Innovation Pour Mieux Gérer le Risque d’Avalanche en Temps Réel sur les Routes de Savoie (France)
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Gaëlle Bourgeois, Alain Duclos, Stéphane Caffo
Description: Savoy's regional government manages more than 3000km of roads, including approximately 1000km over the elevation of 1000m. More than a hundred sectio...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O2-05.pdf
Keywords: blowing snow, remote weather station, snow height measurement
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Title: Remote Sensing Tools for Snow and Avalanche Research
Date: 2012
Authors: Yves Bühler
Description: Since the first images acquired from airplanes (1915) and satellites (1960), remote sensing has had a great impact in diverse number of fields such a...
Object ID: issw-2012-264-268.pdf
Keywords: remote sensing, digital elevation models dem, snow depth, snow type, spatially continuous measurements
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Title: The Multi-Angle Snowflake Camera
Date: 2012
Authors: Timothy J. Garrett, Edward H. Bair, Cale J. Fallgatter, Konstantin Shkurko, Robert E. Davis, Daniel Howlett
Description: We introduce a new instrument called the Multi-Angle Snowflake Camera (MASC). The MASC provides 10 to 40 μm resolution stereoscopic images of indiv...
Object ID: issw-2012-930-933.pdf
Keywords: precipitation, photography, fallspeed
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Title: Remote-Sensing Derived Avalanche Inventory Data
Date: 2012
Authors: Regula Frauenfelder, Rune Solberg, Siri Øyen Larsen, Arnt-Børre Salberg, Heidi Bjordal
Description: Every year snow avalanches pose a significant threat to transportation infrastructure. The societal demand to minimize closures of the main transport ...
Object ID: issw-2012-398-403.pdf
Keywords: snow avalanches, transportation, meteorology, avalanche forecasting
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Title: Meteorological Tower Design for Severe Weather and Remote Locations
Date: 2012
Authors: Kelly Elder, Ilkoo Angutikjuak, Jessica Baker, Matt Belford, Tom Bennett, Karl Birkeland, Daniel Bowker, Doug Chabot, April Cheuvront, Mark Dixon, Dylan Elder, Lee Elder, Shari Gearheard, Greg Giedt, Kim Grant, Sam Green, Ethan Greene, Nick Houfek, Caleb Huntington, Henry Huntington, Thomas Huntington, Daniel Janigian, Crane Johnson, Glen Liston, Rob Maris, Andrea Marsh, Hans-Peter Marshall, Aidan Meiners, Alex Meiners, Theo Meiners, Limakee Palluq, Josh Pope, Esa Qillaq, Joelli Sanguya, Sam Sehnert, Ron Simenhois, Banning Starr, Roger Tyler
Description: We have developed a robust meteorological tower for deployment in locations with extreme conditions and for applications that require relatively main...
Object ID: issw-2012-968-975.pdf
Keywords: avalanche tower, weather stations, data collection
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Title: Automated Detection and Mapping of Rough Snow Surfaces Including Avalanche Deposits Using Airborne Optical Remote Sensing
Date: 2009
Authors: Yves Bühler, Andreas Hüni, Marc Christen, Roland Meister, Tobias Kellenberger
Description: The characteristics of snow pack surfaces are spatially and temporally highly variable. Today, in situ field observations provide mostly isolated info...
Object ID: issw-2009-0170-0174.pdf
Keywords: remote sensing, avalanche mapping, airborne digital scanner, rapid mapping, snow surface roughness, wind modelled snowpack
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Title: Could Retrieval of Snow Layer Formation by Optical Satellite Remote Sensing Help Avalanche Forecasting? Presentation of First Results.
Date: 2009
Authors: Rune Solberg, Regula Frauenfelder, Hans Koren, Kalle Kronholm
Description: Of special interest within the field of avalanche research and avalanche warning are properties related to snow grain type and snow grain size at the...
Object ID: issw-2009-0207-0210.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, remote sensing, snow grain size, snow temperature, snow wetness
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