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Title: A Smartphone Application for Estimating the Critical Slope Angle for Avalanche Release: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Ron Simenhois, Karl W. Birkeland, Alec van Herwijnen; Description: Once a weak layer has fractured, slope steepness largely dictates whether or not an avalanche will release. Exceeding the critical slope angle, i.e. a...; Object ID: ISSW16_O17.01.pdf; Keywords:; View additional details about A Smartphone Application for Estimating the Critical Slope Angle for Avalanche Release

Title: Study on the Model to Estimate the Snow Property of the Slope Snowpack: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Ryota Sato, Yasushi Kamata, Masaya Shishido; Description: To ensure the safety of train operations for full depth avalanche, it is important to estimate the stability of the slope snow. And then, it is necess...; Object ID: ISSW16_P1.37.pdf; Keywords: stability of the slope snowpack, physical properties, amedas weather data; View additional details about Study on the Model to Estimate the Snow Property of the Slope Snowpack

Title: The Effect of Slope-Scale Spatial Variability of Slab Characteristics on Propagation Saw Tests: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Chris Bilbrey, Jordy Hendrikx, Karl Birkeland, Stuart Challender, J. Andrew Gleason; Description: Understanding propagation in complex, non-uniform terrain is critically important for avalanche forecasting and mitigation. Currently we do not know h...; Object ID: ISSW16_P1.45.pdf; Keywords:; View additional details about The Effect of Slope-Scale Spatial Variability of Slab Characteristics on Propagation Saw Tests

Title: Measuring Acoustic Emissions in an Avalanche Starting Zone to Monitor Snow Stability: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: Ingrid Reiweger, JÃ¼rg Schweizer; Description: Evaluating snowpack stability still involves time-consuming and labour-intensive manual tests; in dangerous or remote areas performing such tests migh...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O2-14.pdf; Keywords: snow avalanche, avalanche release, snow stability evaluation, acoustic emission, precursor; View additional details about Measuring Acoustic Emissions in an Avalanche Starting Zone to Monitor Snow Stability

Title: A Multi-Dimensional Water Transport Model to Reproduce the Preferential Flow in a Snowpack: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: Hiroyuki Hirashima, Satoru Yamaguchi, Takafumi Katsushima; Description: Modeling of liquid water transport in snowpack is important for the prediction of wet snow avalanches. In this study, a multi-dimensional water transp...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O4-06.pdf; Keywords: water transport in the snowpack, numerical model, preferential flow, slope effect; View additional details about A Multi-Dimensional Water Transport Model to Reproduce the Preferential Flow in a Snowpack

Title: The Systematic Snow Cover Diagnosis: A Process-Based Approach for Avalanche Danger Assessment: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: Georg Kronthaler, Christoph Mitterer, Bernd Zenke, Michael Lehning; Description: Recreationists and local avalanche warning services face often the problem of assessing the avalanche danger for a single slope or avalanche path. How...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O4-11.pdf; Keywords: slope stability, snow cover test, weak layer; View additional details about The Systematic Snow Cover Diagnosis: A Process-Based Approach for Avalanche Danger Assessment

Title: Mathematical Modeling of Slope Flows Entraining Bottom Material: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: Eglit M.E, Yakubenko A.E.; Description: Entrainment of bottom material by the slope flows (such as snow avalanches, debris flows and so on) essentially influences on their dynamics, so it s...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-56.pdf; Keywords: slope flows, entrainment of bottom material; View additional details about Mathematical Modeling of Slope Flows Entraining Bottom Material

Title: Small-Scale Meteorological Conditions at an Avalanche Slope: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: Reinhard Fromm, Friedrich Obleitner, Thomas Gigele; Description: The seasonal development of the Alpine snow cover is mainly influenced by terrain features, surface properties, vegetation and atmospheric processes n...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P4-05.pdf; Keywords: micro-meteorology, atmospheric variables, statistical analysis; View additional details about Small-Scale Meteorological Conditions at an Avalanche Slope

Title: The Effect of Spatial Variations of Snowpack Properties on Snow Slope Stability: A Mechanically-Based Statistical Approach: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: Johan Gaume, JÃ¼rg Schweizer, Alec van Herwijnen, Guillaume Chambon, Nicolas Eckert, Mohamed Naaim; Description: The spatial variability of snowpack properties has an important impact on snow slope stability and thus on avalanche formation. Hence, the determinat...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P4-07.pdf; Keywords: snow avalanche, avalanche release, slab, weak layer, spatial variability, slope stability; View additional details about The Effect of Spatial Variations of Snowpack Properties on Snow Slope Stability: A Mechanically-Based Statistical Approach

Title: When To Dig? Thoughts On Estimating Slope Stability: Date: 2010; Authors: Sascha Bellaire, Bruce Jamieson, JÃ¼rg Schweizer; Description: Information about the snow cover stability is crucial for avalanche forecasting and for winter backcountry recreation. For a reliable estimation of sn...; Object ID: ISSW_P-020.pdf; Keywords: slope stability, avalanche forecasting, winter backcountry recreation; View additional details about When To Dig? Thoughts On Estimating Slope Stability

Title: Validating the Propagation Saw Test on the Slope Scale: Date: 2009; Authors: Cameron Ross, Bruce Jamieson; Description: Over the past few seasons, the Propagation Saw Test (PST) has gained increasing acceptance in some guiding and highway operations in western North Am...; Object ID: issw-2009-0282-0286.pdf; Keywords: fracture propagation, snowpack stability, propagation saw test, avalanche forecasting; View additional details about Validating the Propagation Saw Test on the Slope Scale

Title: Dissipation and Most Probable Flow States: The Role of Mechanical Work and Granular Fluctuations in Snow Avalanches: Date: 2006; Authors: Perry Bartelt, Martin Kern, Othmar Buser; Description: There are many simple questions in snow avalanche dynamics that remain unanswered: why do snow avalanches travel so far and appear to have so little f...; Object ID: issw-2006-127.pdf; Keywords: avalanche dynamics; View additional details about Dissipation and Most Probable Flow States: The Role of Mechanical Work and Granular Fluctuations in Snow Avalanches

Title: Associations Between Shear Strength of a Buried Surface Hoar Layer and Stratigraphic, Topographic and Vegetation Characteristics on a â€œUniformâ€ Slope: Date: Unknown; Authors: Eric Lutz, Karl W. Birkeland, Martin Schneebeli, Kathy J. Hansen, Kalle Kronholm; Description: Extended Abstract. In this study we quantify 1) changes in spatial and aspatial characteristics of the shear strength of a buried surface hoar layer,...; Object ID: issw-2006-027-028.pdf; Keywords: shear strength, snow stratigraphy, snow microstructure, slope uniformity; View additional details about Associations Between Shear Strength of a Buried Surface Hoar Layer and Stratigraphic, Topographic and Vegetation Characteristics on a â€œUniformâ€ Slope

Title: Spatial Variability of Snow Stability on Small Slopes: Date: 2002; Authors: Kalle Kronholm, Jurg Schweizer, Martin Schneebeli; Description: Spatial snowpack variability is thought to strongly influence the fracture initiation and fracture propagation properties of the snowpack, thereby lar...; Object ID: issw-2002-549-554.pdf; Keywords: snow stability, snow stratigraphy, stability tests, avalanche formation, spatial variability; View additional details about Spatial Variability of Snow Stability on Small Slopes

Title: A Measuring Instrument for the Hardness and the Roughness of the Ski Slope - Correlatlon to the Gliding Properties of Skis - Penetrometer and Profilometer: Date: 2000; Authors: Daniel Buhl, Mathieu Fauve, Martin Schneebeli, Hansueli Rhyner, Walter Ammann; Description: The analysis of the ski slope is crucial for understanding the gliding of skis. Especially in ski racing a detailed knowledge of the parameters of the...; Object ID: issw-2000-409-411.pdf; Keywords: ski slope, hardness, roughness, gliding, skiing; View additional details about A Measuring Instrument for the Hardness and the Roughness of the Ski Slope - Correlatlon to the Gliding Properties of Skis - Penetrometer and Profilometer

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