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Title: Possibility of Increasing the Slope Distance Between Avalanche Prevention Bridges
Date: 2012
Authors: Hiroki Matsushita, Masaru Matsuzawa, Hiroshi Nakamura
Description: Snow bridges are installed on roadside slopes as a major measure for preventing avalanches in susceptible areas in Japan. Current methods of designing...
Object ID: issw-2012-696-702.pdf
Keywords: snow bridge, avalanche prevention, slope analysis
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Title: Fracture Line Profiles in Japan
Date: 2009
Authors: Shinji Ikeda
Description: Numerous studies have been conducted on snow pack characteristics associated with avalanches formation, mainly in North America and Europe. In recent...
Object ID: issw-2009-0334-0335.pdf
Keywords: snowpack stratigraphy, weak layer, structural weakness, snow climate, avalanche forecasting
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Title: Case Report: Avalanche Accidents for Recreational Users 2005-6 Winter in Japan
Date: 2006
Authors: Azusa Degawa , Shinji Ikeda, Yukinori Saotome
Description: An average number of people who killed by avalanches each year in Japan is approximately ten. This season, however, we had more than ten people kille...
Object ID: issw-2006-618-623.pdf
Keywords: avalanche accident, avalanche incident, avalanche rescue and survival
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Title: The U.S./Japan Cooperative Agreement on Snow and Avalanche Research; A Perspective and Goals for the Future
Date: 1990
Authors: T. Nakamura, R. Decker
Description: Unavailable
Object ID: issw-1990-152-162.pdf
Keywords: snow, avalanche, goals, joint projects
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Title: Mobility of Snow Avalanches Observed in Japan
Date: 1988
Authors: Kaoru Izumi
Description: Recently, many sCIentists have developed a technique for predicting maximum avalanche run-out distance (Lied and Bakkehoi, 1980; Bakkehoi et al., 1983...
Object ID: issw-1988-175-178.pdf
Keywords: run-out distance, damage, avalanche, snow
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