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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: Online Systems for Integrating the Safety, Strategy, and Stoke of Backcountry Adventure: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Brian A. Sather, Tesmond Hurd; Description: The primary focus of avalanche centers is disseminating safety information, guides focus on logistics and client care, retailers and product manufactu...; Object ID: ISSW16_P2.19.pdf; Keywords: technology, multi-media, website, content management system, cms; View additional details about Online Systems for Integrating the Safety, Strategy, and Stoke of Backcountry Adventure

Title: Optimizing GIS For Snow Safety Operations at Taos Ski Valley: Avalanche and Explosive Tracking and Digital Avalanche Atlas Apps: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Rachel L. Moscarella, Andy Bond, Wetherbee B. Dorshow; Description: Given the tenet that ski patrollers are inherently reluctant to complete paperwork, we felt compelled to make the recording of explosive use and avala...; Object ID: ISSW16_P2.34.pdf; Keywords: gis, risk management, avalanche mapping; View additional details about Optimizing GIS For Snow Safety Operations at Taos Ski Valley: Avalanche and Explosive Tracking and Digital Avalanche Atlas Apps

Title: A New Mechanical Framework to Interpret Weak Layer and Slab Fracture in the Propagation Saw Test: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Lorenzo Benedetti, Jan-Thomas Fischer, Johan Gaume; Description: This work aims to provide a mechanical model for the Propagation Saw Test (PST) based on the Euler-Bernoulli beam, allowing a description of the slab ...; Object ID: ISSW16_P3.01.pdf; Keywords: fracture, critical length, propagation length, mechanical model; View additional details about A New Mechanical Framework to Interpret Weak Layer and Slab Fracture in the Propagation Saw Test

Title: Building an Inexpensive Beacon Basin: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Devin S. Hiemstra; Description: Beacon Basins are a great way to practice rescue techniques and educate the public but many organizations are unable to afford the price tag for a com...; Object ID: ISSW16_P3.33.pdf; Keywords: training, practice, rescue, transceiver, recco; View additional details about Building an Inexpensive Beacon Basin

Title: Characteristics of Avalanche Release and an Approach of Avalanche Forecasting System Using SNOWPACK Model in the Tianshan Mountains, China: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Osamu Abe, Lanhai Li, Lei Bai, Jiansheng Hao, Hiroyuki Hirashima, Junrong Xu; Description: We summarized the characteristics of avalanche releases in the Tianshan Mountains of western China based on observations of snow cover and avalanche o...; Object ID: ISSW16_P4.17.pdf; Keywords: avalanche release, forecasting system, snowpack model, tianshan mountains; View additional details about Characteristics of Avalanche Release and an Approach of Avalanche Forecasting System Using SNOWPACK Model in the Tianshan Mountains, China

Title: Double Mesures de Hauteurs de Neige: Une Innovation Pour Mieux GÃ©rer le Risque dâ€™Avalanche en Temps RÃ©el sur les Routes de Savoie (France): Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: GaÃ«lle Bourgeois, Alain Duclos, StÃ©phane 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; View additional details about Double Mesures de Hauteurs de Neige: Une Innovation Pour Mieux GÃ©rer le Risque dâ€™Avalanche en Temps RÃ©el sur les Routes de Savoie (France)

Title: Integrating Gaming Technology to Map Avalanche Hazard: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: Donna Delparte, Michael R. Peterson, John Perkins, Jahrain Jackson; Description: As gaming physics engines advance, snow scientists have the opportunity to utilize these engines to animate and model avalanche flow and runout. Nume...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O2-22.pdf; Keywords: hazard mapping, gis, avalanche terrain modelling, dem, genetic algorithms; View additional details about Integrating Gaming Technology to Map Avalanche Hazard

Title: Terrain Analysis of Skier-Triggered Avalanche Starting Zones: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: Irene Vontobel, Stephan Harvey, Ross S. Purves; Description: Terrain is one of the main factors contributing to avalanche formation and important for the assessment of avalanche risk. Terrain characteristics of ...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O5-05.pdf; Keywords: avalanche, avalanche starting zone, terrain, gis; View additional details about Terrain Analysis of Skier-Triggered Avalanche Starting Zones

Title: European Avalanche Warning Services (EAWS) â€“ Latest News: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: Patrick Nairz, Karel Kriz; Description: 30 years ago the European Avalanche Warning Services (EAWS) started to collaborate in a structured and regular basis. Since then there had been lots o...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O5-18.pdf; Keywords: european avalanche warning services, avalanche information system, harmonization; View additional details about European Avalanche Warning Services (EAWS) â€“ Latest News

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 SchÃ¶n, Vincent Vionnet, Florence Naaim-Bouvet, Gilbert Guyomarcâ€™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; View additional details about A Comparison of Terrain-Based Parameter, Wind-Field Modelling and TLS Snow Depth Data for Snow Drift Modelling

Title: Understanding Travel Behaviour in Avalanche Terrain: A New Approach: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: Jordy Hendrikx, Jerry Johnson, Ellie Southworth; Description: To date, most studies of the human dimensions of decision-making in avalanche terrain has focused on two areas - post-accident analysis using accident...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P5-09.pdf; Keywords: decision making, human factors, heuristics, gps, gis, terrain analysis; View additional details about Understanding Travel Behaviour in Avalanche Terrain: A New Approach

Title: Software Tools Developed for the Swiss Avalanche Warning Service - A System Overview: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: Andreas Stoffel, Ulrich Niederer; Description: Today, highly specialized software is required to produce the public avalanche bulletin and complementary snow information. Numerous data sources cont...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P5-38.pdf; Keywords: geoservices, gis, java, json; View additional details about Software Tools Developed for the Swiss Avalanche Warning Service - A System Overview

Title: Snow Safety Control Operations: An Interactive Web-Based Approach: Date: 2012; Authors: Phoebe B. McNeally, Jim Collinson, Randy Trover, Peter Schory; Description: Snow safety and ski patrol at skis areas are faced with the daunting task of maintaining avalanche control routes and artillery controlled areas. In t...; Object ID: issw-2012-290-293.pdf; Keywords: ski patrolling, starting zones, avalanche run-out, geographic information systems (gis),; View additional details about Snow Safety Control Operations: An Interactive Web-Based Approach

Title: National Database for Mitigative Measures Against Rapid Gravity Mass Flows and Rock Falls: Date: 2012; Authors: Ãrni JÃ³nsson, Egil Syre, Kristine Helene Hetland Ekseth, Helge C. Smebye, Eivind M. Paulsen; Description: Mitigation measures against natural catastrophes, such as rapid gravity mass flows and rock falls, have been built in Norway for centuries. Over the l...; Object ID: issw-2012-680-684.pdf; Keywords: mitigation measures, geographic information systems (gis), database; View additional details about National Database for Mitigative Measures Against Rapid Gravity Mass Flows and Rock Falls

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