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21Avalanche control / Safety / Avalanche / Canadian Avalanche Association / Rescue / Search and rescue / Meteorology / Avalanches / Emergency management

Advanced Snow Avalanche Mapping Course The Canadian Avalanche Association (CAA) and the National Search and Rescue Secretariat (NSS) have initiated a project to develop national guidelines for snow avalanche mapping. The

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Source URL: www.avalanchemapping.org

Language: English - Date: 2015-01-20 16:19:26
22Avalanche / Avalanches / Grade / Canadian Avalanche Association / Critical angle / Avalanche rescue / Meteorology / Snow / Atmospheric sciences

Using the avalanche assessor card Measuring slope angle The Avalanche Assessor Card provides a simple checklist to help you make evidence-based decisions in avalanche terrain. It does

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Source URL: www.mountainsafety.org.nz

Language: English - Date: 2012-05-29 17:36:46
23Electrical phenomena / Space plasmas / Lightning / Atmosphere / Sprite / Mesosphere / Electron avalanche / Atmosphere of Earth / Upper-atmospheric lightning / Meteorology / Atmospheric sciences / Electromagnetism

Possible Master-Thesis Topic Modeling of electric discharges in the mesosphere (“sprites”) Description: Strong electric fields above active thunderstorms can cause electric breakdown, i.e. electron avalanches, at hi

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Source URL: www.pep.uni-bremen.de

Language: English - Date: 2014-02-11 17:33:18
24Avalanches / Avalanche / Canadian Avalanche Association / Heliskiing / Ski touring / Mountaineering / Skiing / Avalanche control / Avalanche transceiver / Meteorology / Snow / Atmospheric sciences

Return Address: PO Box 6027, Wellington, NZ the CRYSTAL BALL Issue 17 Vol 1

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Source URL: avalanche.net.nz

Language: English - Date: 2012-05-15 18:52:44
25Avalanche / Avalanche control / Canadian Avalanche Association / Meteorology / Snow / Atmospheric sciences

STORY: Andrew Hobman A ndrew Hobman is the Avalanche Programme Manager for the New Zealand Mountain Safety Council. In this article he dispels some of the myths surrounding avalanches and explains what you need to know

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Source URL: www.mountainsafety.org.nz

Language: English - Date: 2013-01-24 15:49:01
26Management / Avalanche / Snow / Mountaineering / Disaster / International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction / Earthquake / Disaster preparedness / Emergency management / Public safety

Mr. Prem Kumar, India Photo: Wikipedia Mr. Prem Kumar has worked for 30 years to raise awareness of disaster risk reduction among people in the Himalaya region, which is prone to landslides, cloud bursts, avalanches and

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Source URL: www.unisdr.org

Language: English - Date: 2013-05-10 03:41:12
27SNOTEL / Demographics of the United States / Snow / Avalanches / Snowpack

In Cooperation with the National Park Service and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Rocky Mountain Snowpack Chemistry at Selected Sites, 2004

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Source URL: pubs.usgs.gov

Language: English - Date: 2008-01-04 14:52:39
28Aerodynamics / Friction / Fluid dynamics / Physics / Avalanche / Snow

AVAL-1D: Calculation steps for dense flow avalanches The most important steps calculating a dense flow avalanche: 1 Specify the topography[removed] – 220m real distance rule 1.2 20m altitude-difference rule in the runout

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Source URL: www.slf.ch

Language: English - Date: 2010-07-14 14:18:10
29Forest inventory / Forest / Alps / Jura Mountains / Physical geography / Protected areas of the United Kingdom / United Kingdom

What does the Swiss forest look like and how does it change over time? The Swiss National Forest Inventory (NFI) tries to answer these questions. The forest fulfills many tasks: It hinders avalanches, rockfall and mudsli

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Source URL: www.lfi.ch

Language: English - Date: 2014-10-15 09:59:17
30Powder / Avalanches / Avalanche / Snow / Meteorology

International Congress INTERPRAEVENT 2002 in the Pacific Rim – MATSUMOTO / JAPAN Congress publication, vol. 2, pp[removed]AVAL-1D: AN AVALANCHE DYNAMICS PROGRAM

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Source URL: www.slf.ch

Language: English - Date: 2013-05-02 08:02:46
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