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Title: Characteristics of Snow Avalanche Release in Forests During a Heavy Snowfall Event
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Hiroki Matsushita, Koji Ishida
Description: The heavy snowfall on February 14–15, 2014 caused many snow avalanches in the Kanto-Koshin region, Japan, where a thin snow cover exists during...
Object ID: ISSW16_P1.11.pdf
Keywords: avalanche, forest, air temperature, snowfall intensity, hardness, stability
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Title: Simulation of Blowing Snow Weather Condition by WRF Model in Mayitasi, Xinjiang
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Lei Bai, Lanhi Li
Description: Snowcover play an import role in earth's ecosystem. In Apline and terrain with complex topography, the blowing snow have heavy impact on snow accumula...
Object ID: ISSW16_P2.43.pdf
Keywords: partition, snowfall, news, criteria
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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: 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: An Innovative Algorithm for Unmanned Validation of Automatic Snow Depth Measurements
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: S. Terzago, M.Faletto, Correspondingauthor, M.C. Prola, S. Fratianni, R. Cremonini, S.Barbero
Description: Ultrasonic snow sensors provide high temporal resolution snow depth and snowfall data used for hydrological applications and avalanche risk assessmen...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-12.pdf
Keywords: ultrasonic snow measurements, snow depth, automatic validation
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Title: Drifting and Blowing Snow Measurements: Comparison Between Snow Particle Counter and a Simple Photoelectronic Fork Sensor (Wenglor)
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: H. Bellot, F. Naaim-Bouvet, L. Piard, C.Palerme, C.Genthon
Description: Heterogeneity of snow cover in high mountain area may increase avalanche hazard. In Antarctica, drifting snow plays an important role in the surface m...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-17.pdf
Keywords: blowing snow measurement, spc, wenglor, sensor
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Title: IceCube, A Portable and Reliable Instrument for Snow Specific Surface Area Measurement in the Field
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Nicolas Zuanon
Description: The specific surface area (SSA), defined as the surface area per unit mass, is a key variable to describe the physical properties of snow. It is seen ...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-20.pdf
Keywords: specific surface area, reflectance, grain size, optical measurement
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Title: Can a Point Measurement Represent the Snow Depth in its Vicinity? A Comparison of Areal Snow Depth Measurements With Selected Index Sites
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Thomas Grünewald, Michael Lehning
Description: Information on the amount of snow stored in a catchment or on a mountain is an important issue for hydrology, natural hazards, winter tourism or mount...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P4-13.pdf
Keywords: index-site, representativeness of point measurement, snow depth, airborne laser scanning, lidar
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Title: Investigation of Adsorbent for a Measurement of Snow Specific Surface Area by the Gas Adsorption Method
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Akihiro Hachikubo, Satoru Yamaguchi, Hayato Arakawa, Tomonori Tanikawa, Masahiro Hori, Konosuke Sugiura, Masashi Niwano, Katsuyuki Kuchiki, Teruo Aoki
Description: The specific surface area (SSA) of snow has been of particular interest to researchers because SSA strongly relates with snow albedo and is a better i...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P4-16.pdf
Keywords: ssa, bet, methane, krypton, hexane
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Title: Collecting Snow Measurements with Ushahidi: Arpa Piemonte Experience During Winter 2013
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: R. Cremonini, A. R. Gaeta, E. Solero, R. Pispico, M. Faletto, M.C, Prola, S. Barbero
Description: Accurate and updated measurements are critical for snow stability conditions assessment and avalanche risk evaluation. Recently, Arpa Piemonte has cus...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P5-43.pdf
Keywords: snow measurements, smartphone app, geo-referred information
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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: Recent Variability of Avalanche Activity and Snowfall in the Italian Alps
Date: 2010
Authors: M. Valt, P. Cianfarra
Description: The study of the snow cover variability is fundamental for alpine countries for many reasons, specifically winter tourism, hydro-electricity producti...
Object ID: ISSW_P-087.pdf
Keywords: snow cover, hyro-electricity production, forecast, mountain ecosystem
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Title: Measurement of Dynamic Water-Entry Value for Dry Snow
Date: 2009
Authors: Takafumi Katsushima, Satoru Yamaguchi, Toshiro Kumakura, Atsushi Sato
Description: In soil physics, many people have discussed about mechanisms of developing preferential flow based on porous media hydraulics. In snow science, there ...
Object ID: issw-2009-0248-0251.pdf
Keywords: preferential flow, water-entry value, homogeneous dry snow
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Title: Early Warnings for Extreme Snowfall in the Swiss Alps
Date: 2009
Authors: Patrick Hächler, Daniel Gerstgrasser
Description: For more than 10 years MeteoSwiss provides warnings in case of heavy snowfall in the Alps. It helps the Swiss Institute for snow and avalanche resear...
Object ID: issw-2009-0353-0355.pdf
Keywords: weather forecast, extreme snowfall, avalanche forecast, safety
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Title: Fracture and Accumulation Conditions of Snowflakes on the Snow Surface
Date: 2006
Authors: Takeshi Sato, Kenji Kosugi, Shigeto Mochizuki, Masaki Nemoto
Description: Snowflakes colliding with the snow surface break under strong wind conditions and their fragments are blown off, which leads to the development of dr...
Object ID: issw-2006-203-210.pdf
Keywords: snowflake, fracture, accumulation, drifting snow, snowfall
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