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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: Vulnerability of Houses and Persons Under Avalanche Impact â€“ The Avalanche at Longyearbyen on 2015-12-19: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Dieter Issler, JÃ³nsson Ãrni, Peter Gauer, Ulrik Domaas; Description: This study uses data from the avalanche that killed two persons and destroyed eleven essentially identical wood-frame houses in Longyearbyen, Svalbard...; Object ID: ISSW16_O16.03.pdf; Keywords:; View additional details about Vulnerability of Houses and Persons Under Avalanche Impact â€“ The Avalanche at Longyearbyen on 2015-12-19

Title: A Phase-Tracking Snow Micro-Structure Model: Date: 2012; Authors: Andrew E. Slaughter, Nicholas Zabaras; Description: Depending on the thermal conditions, snow metamorphoses via two processes: kinetic or equilibrium metamorphism. Kinetic growth occurs due to temperatu...; Object ID: issw-2012-395-397.pdf; Keywords: snow metamorphism, kinetic growth, thermistors; View additional details about A Phase-Tracking Snow Micro-Structure Model

Title: A-b Model: Can We Learn More From the Statistical Avalanche Model With Respect to the Dynamical Behavior of Avalanches: Date: 2009; Authors: Peter Gauer, Steinar BakkehÃ¸i, Karstein Lied, Krister Kristensen, Kalle Kronholm; Description: A meaningful risk assessment in avalanche prone areas involves the estimation of the runout and impact pressures of potential avalanches. Two categori...; Object ID: issw-2009-0405-0408.pdf; Keywords: avalanche dynamics, statistical model, observations; View additional details about A-b Model: Can We Learn More From the Statistical Avalanche Model With Respect to the Dynamical Behavior of Avalanches

Title: A Snow Microstructure Supplement to Sntherm Model: Date: 2006; Authors: R.K. Aggarwal, M.R. Ravi, P. Mahajan; Description: SNTHERM is a one dimensional heat and mass transfer model that predicts change in surface temperature, temperature of snow and soil layers, settlement...; Object ID: issw-2006-117-126.pdf; Keywords: thermal conductivity, viscosity, microstructure, bond, grain; View additional details about A Snow Microstructure Supplement to Sntherm Model

Title: Effective Medium Approximations for Snow Thermal and AC Electrical Conductivities: Date: 1994; Authors: Edward M. Arons, Samuel C. Colbeck, W. Randy McGilvary, Victor F. Petrenko; Description: The goal of this research was to develop a physical model to explain how the thermal and AC electrical conductivities of snow are affected by fundamen...; Object ID: issw-1994-001.pdf; Keywords: metamorphism, thermal response, resistance network theory, ac electrical conductivity; View additional details about Effective Medium Approximations for Snow Thermal and AC Electrical Conductivities

Title: Ski Friction and Thermal Response: Date: 1988; Authors: G.C. Warren, S.C. Colbeck; Description: The low friction encountered in skiing is a result of the friction- heating-melting process associated with a slider moving over snow (Bowden and Hugh...; Object ID: issw-1988-223-225.pdf; Keywords: skiing, friction, thermal, melting, slider, metlway layer; View additional details about Ski Friction and Thermal Response

Title: A Branch Grain Theory of Temperature Gradient Metamorphism: Date: 1982; Authors: Richard A. Sommerfeld; Description: Temperature gradient metamorphism in snow results in the development of branch grains (Kry, 1975) at the expense of other types of grains. At constan...; Object ID: issw-1982-009.pdf; Keywords: temperature gradients, metamorphism, computer model, vapor; View additional details about A Branch Grain Theory of Temperature Gradient Metamorphism

Title: Unsteady Heat Flow From a Buried Melt-Freeze Crust: Date: 1982; Authors: Richard Armstrong; Description: When a melt-freeze crust which remains at or near OÂ°C is buried by a colder snow layer a condition of unsteady heat flow develops. How long would t...; Object ID: issw-1982-010.pdf; Keywords: diffusivity, melt-freeze crust, metamorphism; View additional details about Unsteady Heat Flow From a Buried Melt-Freeze Crust