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Avalanche Defence Strategies and Monitoring of Two Sites in Mountain Permafrost Terrain, Pontresina, Eastern Swiss Alps [PDF]

, 2018
Snow-supporting avalanche defence structures are increasingly being built at high altitudes in potential permafrost areas. Special construction methods and guidelines have been developed to ensure a minimal stability of the structures, which have a vital
Phillips, Marcia
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Stress measurements in the weak layer during snow stability tests

Annals of Glaciology
The snow compression test is a snow stability test where an isolated column of snow is progressively loaded by tapping on it to induce failure in a possible weak layer.
Silke Griesser, Christine Pielmeier, Håvard Boutera Toft, Ingrid Reiweger   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mass wasting susceptibility assessment of snow avalanches using machine learning models. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2020
Choubin B, Borji M, Hosseini FS, Mosavi A, Dineva AA.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Viscoelastic analysis of stress waves through cohesive snow in layered and 2D configurations

Journal of Glaciology
Dynamic surface loads generate stress waves in snow that can trigger slab avalanches. Previously, we determined Maxwell-viscoelastic model parameters from one-dimensional, homogeneous laboratory experiments resembling Compression Tests (CTs).
Samuel V Verplanck, Ladean R McKittrick, Edward E. Adams   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Laws of distribution of the snow cover on the greater Caucasus (Soviet Union) [PDF]

The laws of the distribution of the snow cover on the mountains of the greater Caucasus are discussed. It is shown that an extremely unequal distribution of the snow cover is caused by the complex orography of this territory, the diversity of climatic ...
Gurtovaya, Y. Y., Sulakvelidze, G. K., Yashina, A. V.   +2 more
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Application of LANDSAT data to delimitation of avalanche hazards in Montane, Colorado [PDF]

The author has identified the following significant results. Photointerpretation of individual avalanche paths on single band black and white LANDSAT images is greatly hindered by terrain shadows and the low spatial resolution of the LANDSAT system. Maps
Ives, J. D., Knepper, D. H., Summer, R.
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Particle tracking in snow avalanches with in situ calibrated inertial measurement units

, 2023
Winkler R, Neuhauser M, Neurauter R, Erlacher F, Steinkogler W, Fischer J.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Paying for Safety: Preferences for Mortality Risk Reductions on Alpine Roads [PDF]

This paper presents a choice experiment, which values reductions in mortality risk on Alpine roads. These roads are on one hand threatened by common road hazards, on the other hand they are also endangered by natural hazards such as avalanches and ...
Christoph M. Rheinberger
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Transient wave activity in snow avalanches is controlled by entrainment and topography

Communications Earth & Environment
Waves are omnipresent in avalanches on Earth and other planets. The dynamic nature of waves makes them dangerous in geological hazards such as debris flows, turbidity currents, lava flows, and snow avalanches.
Xingyue Li, Betty Sovilla, John Mark Nicholas Timm Gray, Johan Gaume   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Snow Avalanches and the Impact of Climate-Linked Extreme Events on Mountain Wildlife Population Dynamics and Resilience. [PDF]

Glob Chang Biol
White KS, Levi T, Hood E, Darimont CT.
europepmc   +1 more source