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Title: Weather Forecast Model Grid Spacing – Is Smaller Better
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: John Snook
Description: The Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC) implemented an in-house numerical weather prediction model in 2011. Computer-generated forecast produ...
Object ID: ISSW16_O15.01.pdf
Keywords: numerical weather prediction, operational forecasting, colorado avalanche information center (caic)
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Title: Synopsis, an Innovative Platform Supporting Avalanche Hazard Forecasting in France
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Cécile Coléou, Hugo Merzisen, Chantal Gendre, Yannick Danielou, Jean-Marie Willemet, Fabien Marty, Antoine Lasserre-Bigorry, Samuel Morin
Description: For more than 30 years, Météo-France has developed software which integrates a broad diversity of information for the daily operations of avalan...
Object ID: ISSW16_O15.02.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecast, operational workstation
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Title: Combining Snowpack Models and Observations for Better Avalanche Danger Assessments
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Fabiano Monti, Christoph Mitterer, Walter Steinkogler, Mathias Bavay, Andrea Pozzi
Description: Now-casting of avalanche danger is mainly based on direct snow stability observations (e.g. recent avalanches), snow stability tests combined with str...
Object ID: ISSW16_O15.03.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, manual observations, snow cover modeling, snow and weather data
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Title: Forecasting the Fatal Longyearbyen Avalanche. Possibilities and Challenges
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Christian Jaedicke, Erik Hestnes, Steinar Bakkehøi, Torgeir Mørk, Kjetil Brattlien
Description: One of the main questions after the fatal avalanche in Longyearbyen in December 2015, where two persons perished and eleven houses were destroyed, was...
Object ID: ISSW16_O16.04.pdf
Keywords: avalanche accident, forecasting, storm weather, wind measurements
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Title: Recent Developments of Avalanche Research in Turkey
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Onder Kocyigit, Erhan Tekin, Gokhan Arslan
Description: Approximately 70% of land in Turkey is situated on high altitude mountains where formation of snow avalanche is an inevitable natural phenomenon. This...
Object ID: ISSW16_O18.02.pdf
Keywords: snow, precaution, weather station
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Title: Avalanche Forecasting in the Central Asian Countries of Afghanistan, Pakistan and Tajikistan
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Doug Chabot, Aysha Kaba
Description: Home of the Karakorum, Hindu Kush and Pamir mountains, Central Asia has a serious avalanche hazard. A single 2012 avalanche cycle resulted in over 100...
Object ID: ISSW16_O20.04.pdf
Keywords: focus, avalanches, community training, weather monitoring, education
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Title: Passive and Fan-Aspirated Radiation Shields in High-Elevation Open and Closed-Forested Environments: A Comparative Study
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: David Pedersen
Description: This study investigates the differences between a passive radiation shield in a relatively closed-forest setting (Timberline Campus Weather Station), ...
Object ID: ISSW16_P1.31.pdf
Keywords: temperature differentiation, forest edge, radiation shield, wind run
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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
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Title: Deriving Mean Snow Depth in Complex Terrain From Flat Field Measurements
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Nora Helbig, Alec van Herwijnen, Tobias Jonas
Description: Snow depth is an important parameter for various applications, including hydrological and avalanche forecasting. Various measurement networks were the...
Object ID: ISSW16_P1.46.pdf
Keywords: mean snow depth, avalanche forecasting, meteorological models, subgrid parameterization
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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: A Detailed Framework of the Snow and Avalanche Dynamics Class at the University of Utah
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Steven Clark
Description: Traditional certification-based avalanche education is often completed in short, intensive time periods that leaves many students wanting more detaile...
Object ID: ISSW16_P3.43.pdf
Keywords: education, 5e instructional model, fieldwork, semester
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Title: Use of Google Analytics at the Kachina Peaks Avalanche Center, Arizona
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Troy A. Marino
Description: For five seasons, the Kachina Peaks Avalanche Center (KPAC) has used Google Analytics (GA) to track usage of the KPAC website kachinapeaks.org. KPAC w...
Object ID: ISSW16_P3.44.pdf
Keywords: google analytics, website, snowpack summary, communication, kpac, arizona
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Title: Weather Modeling for Remote Operators in Southeast Alaska
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Nick Barlow
Description: Unpredictable mountain weather presents a unique challenge for mechanized backcountry skiing in Southeast Alaska. Due to the rugged terrain profile of...
Object ID: ISSW16_P4.02.pdf
Keywords: meteorology, forecasting, numerical weather prediction
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Title: Automated Alpine Weather Forecasting for the Avalanche Practitioner
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Christopher Morin
Description: There has been an explosion in scalable computing power, big data, and machine learning over the past 5 years. This has significantly changed how we i...
Object ID: ISSW16_P4.13.pdf
Keywords: weather forecasting, avalanche forecasting, cloud computing
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Title: Case Study: Forecasting Challenges on San Francisco Peaks, Arizona; Anomalies of This Low Mid-Latitude Strata Volcano
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: David W. Lovejoy
Description: San Francisco Peaks in northern Arizona is the focus of this case study which characterizes unique attributes of this mid-latitude, high elevation str...
Object ID: ISSW16_P4.24.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, mid-latitude volcanoes, mountain weather
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