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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 Effects of Different Methods of Compaction on Snowpack Stability: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Diana Saly, Jordy Hendrikx, Karl Birkeland, Stuart Challender, Tom Leonard; Description: The interaction between snowpack layers determines the snowpack stability. It follows that disrupting layers may improve stability. Ski patrols and gu...; Object ID: ISSW16_P2.02.pdf; Keywords: compaction, snowpack stability, stability test, boot-packing, ski compaction; View additional details about The Effects of Different Methods of Compaction on Snowpack Stability

Title: Comparison of ECT, RB, Threshold Sum and Relative Threshold Sum Approach to To Snowpack Instability Evaluation - New Results: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Igor Chiambretti, Fabiano Monti, Mauro Valt; Description: The Italian regional avalanche forecasting services (AINEVA) collect snowpack observations such as snowpack profiles or stability tests on a daily or ...; Object ID: ISSW16_P3.05.pdf; Keywords: rutschblock (rb), extended column test (ect), structural instability indices, threshold sum (tsa), relative threshold sum (rta); View additional details about Comparison of ECT, RB, Threshold Sum and Relative Threshold Sum Approach to To Snowpack Instability Evaluation - New Results

Title: Evaluation of SNOWPACK Metamorphism and Microstructure in a Canadian Context: a Case Study for Snow Stability Assessment: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Jean-Benoit Madore, Kevin CÃ´tÃ©, Alexandre Langlois; Description: The snow thermodynamic multi-layer model SNOWPACK was developed in order to address the risk of avalanches by simulating the vertical geophysical and ...; Object ID: ISSW16_P3.06.pdf; Keywords: snow grain, snowpack, avalanche, model, stability, metamorphism; View additional details about Evaluation of SNOWPACK Metamorphism and Microstructure in a Canadian Context: a Case Study for Snow Stability Assessment

Title: Extended Column Test: Repeatability and Comparison to Slope Stability and the Rutschblock: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Frank Techel, Matthias Walcher, Kurt Winkler; Description: Information on snow stability is key information when assessing the avalanche situation. However, stability tests like the Extended Column Test (ECT) ...; Object ID: ISSW16_P4.08.pdf; Keywords: extended column test, rutschblock, test repeatability, snow stability, fracture propagation; View additional details about Extended Column Test: Repeatability and Comparison to Slope Stability and the Rutschblock

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: 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: UAV Borne Laser Scanning of Snow Surfaces: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Alexander Prokop, Florian Singer; Description: In snow and avalanche research, different methods are used increasingly to efficiently and accurately map snow surfaces and depths over an area of sev...; Object ID: ISSW16_O9.03.pdf; Keywords: snow depth mapping, laser scanning, uav, uas; View additional details about UAV Borne Laser Scanning of Snow Surfaces

Title: Investigating the Thermophysical Properties of the Ice-Snow Interface, Part II: Thermal Contact Resistance: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Kevin Hammonds, Ian Baker; Description: As it turns out, spending many an extra cold and blustery minute trying to get those last few temperature readings to complete a textbook perfect "eve...; Object ID: ISSW16_O11.01.pdf; Keywords: ice lens, temperature gradient, effective thermal conductivity, thermal contact resistance, kinetic snow metamorphism; View additional details about Investigating the Thermophysical Properties of the Ice-Snow Interface, Part II: Thermal Contact Resistance

Title: Measuring Snow Surface Temperature: Why, why Not, and How?: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Bruce Jamieson, Michael Schirmer; Description: Avalanche mitigation programs measures snow surface temperature, Tss, for up to three objectives: 1) to infer near surface faceting (NSF) from Tss and...; Object ID: ISSW16_O11.02.pdf; Keywords: surface temperature measurement, snow surface, infrared thermometers, contact thermometers, temperature gradient, near surface faceting; View additional details about Measuring Snow Surface Temperature: Why, why Not, and How?

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