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Seismically Induced Snow Avalanches: The Central Italy Case
Frontiers in Earth Science, 2020 Snow avalanches are critical events due to the sudden instability of snow in mountain regions. Seismically induced snow avalanches, due to a particular type of trigger perturbing snow-covered slopes, are occasional events in geodynamically active ...
Nicola Sciarra +2 more
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Atmosphere, 2022 Snow avalanches are one of the most devastating natural hazards in the highlands that often cause human casualties and economic losses. The complex process of modeling terrain susceptibility requires the application of modern methods and software.
Nina B Curcic +2 more
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Signatures of the sub-Rayleigh to supershear fracture transition in snow avalanche experiments. [PDF]
Nat CommunSnow slab avalanches occur when a crack propagates within a highly porous weak snow layer buried beneath a cohesive snow slab. Here, we report direct observations of a supershear event in snow fracture experiments following the spontaneous transition ...
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What weather variables are important for wet and slab avalanches under a changing climate in a low-altitude mountain range in Czechia? [PDF]
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2022 Climate change impact on avalanches is ambiguous. Fewer, wetter, and smaller avalanches are expected in areas where snow cover is declining, while in higher-altitude areas where snowfall prevails, snow avalanches are frequently and spontaneously ...
M. Součková +8 more
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Linking snow depth to avalanche release area size: measurements from the Vallée de la Sionne field site [PDF]
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2016 One of the major challenges in avalanche hazard assessment is the correct estimation of avalanche release area size, which is of crucial importance to evaluate the potential danger that avalanches pose to roads, railways or infrastructure.
J. Veitinger, B. Sovilla
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Snow Avalanche Frequency Estimation (SAFE): 32 years of monitoring remote avalanche depositional zones in high mountains of Afghanistan [PDF]
The Cryosphere, 2022 Snow avalanches are the predominant hazards in winter in high-elevation mountains. They cause damage to both humans and assets but cannot be accurately predicted. Here we show how remote sensing can accurately inventory large avalanche depositional zones
A. Caiserman, R. C. Sidle, D. R. Gurung
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Risk assessment in the North Caucasus ski resorts [PDF]
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2016 Avalanches pose a significant problem in most mountain regions of Russia. The constant growth of economic activity, and therefore the increased avalanche hazard, in the North Caucasus region lead to demand for the development of large-scale avalanche ...
A. Y. Komarov +3 more
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Detrainment and braking of snow avalanches interacting with forests [PDF]
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2022 Mountain forests provide natural protection against avalanches. They can both prevent avalanche formation in release zones and reduce avalanche mobility in runout areas.
L. Védrine +4 more
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Arctic Science, 2021 A series of automatic time-lapse cameras installed along the southwestern side of Tasiapik Valley, near the village of Umiujaq, Nunavik (northern Québec) documented several departure modes and types of snow involved in snow avalanches during winter 2017 ...
Samuel Veilleux +2 more
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Effects of Climate Change on Avalanche Accidents and Survival
Frontiers in Physiology, 2021 Avalanches are major natural hazards in snow-covered mountains, threatening people and infrastructure. With ongoing climate change, the frequency and types of snow avalanches may change, affecting the rates of avalanche burial and survival. With a wetter
Giacomo Strapazzon +10 more
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