Recent Progress in North American Avalanche Forecasting and Control
Abstract The techniques of avalanche forecasting and control have found increasingly wide adoption in North America in the past decade. Numerous government and private agencies are now engaged in work to protect ski areas, highways, railroads and power lines. Practical control measures such as artil...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0022143000017962 2024-03-03T08:46:02+00:00 Recent Progress in North American Avalanche Forecasting and Control LaChapelle, E. R. 1960 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000017962 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000017962 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) Journal of Glaciology volume 3, issue 28, page 679-685 ISSN 0022-1430 1727-5652 Earth-Surface Processes journal-article 1960 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000017962 2024-02-08T08:37:11Z Abstract The techniques of avalanche forecasting and control have found increasingly wide adoption in North America in the past decade. Numerous government and private agencies are now engaged in work to protect ski areas, highways, railroads and power lines. Practical control measures such as artillery fire have been developed to a high degree of effectiveness, but the construction of permanent defense structures other than snow sheds is still in its infancy. Experimental work on instrumentation, forecasting, defense structures and the use of explosives, artillery and jet aircraft is currently in progress. Article in Journal/Newspaper Journal of Glaciology Cambridge University Press Journal of Glaciology 3 28 679 685 |
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Abstract The techniques of avalanche forecasting and control have found increasingly wide adoption in North America in the past decade. Numerous government and private agencies are now engaged in work to protect ski areas, highways, railroads and power lines. Practical control measures such as artillery fire have been developed to a high degree of effectiveness, but the construction of permanent defense structures other than snow sheds is still in its infancy. Experimental work on instrumentation, forecasting, defense structures and the use of explosives, artillery and jet aircraft is currently in progress. |
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