The Science Of Avalanches

Author : Carol Hand
Publisher : Cherry Lake
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2015-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781633625167

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The Science of an Avalanche by Carol Hand Pdf

This book discusses the science behind avalanches and their effects. The chapters explore case studies of avalanches, identify environmental factors that cause these disasters, and explain how experts prevent avalanches. Diagrams, charts, and photos provide opportunities to evaluate and understand the scientific concepts involved.

Author : Louise Spilsbury
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781433986512

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The Science of Avalanches by Louise Spilsbury Pdf

Made of snow, ice, and rocks, avalanches can start in a variety of ways, including by people. Readers will explore the causes and effects of different kinds of avalanches through fact-filled and accessible content. Real-life photographs will engage readers while reinforcing the science concepts behind examples of modern, devastating avalanches. Enhanced by interesting fact boxes and timelines of real avalanches, readers will be guided through safety and disaster relief so they’ll be able to act if caught out in the cold when the snow starts to fall.

Author : Louise Spilsbury
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781433986543

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The Science of Avalanches by Louise Spilsbury Pdf

Made of snow, ice, and rocks, avalanches can start in a variety of ways, including by people. Readers will explore the causes and effects of different kinds of avalanches through fact-filled and accessible content. Real-life photographs will engage readers while reinforcing the science concepts behind examples of modern, devastating avalanches. Enhanced by interesting fact boxes and timelines of real avalanches, readers will be guided through safety and disaster relief so they’ll be able to act if caught out in the cold when the snow starts to fall.

Author : Rudi Mair,Patrick Nairz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2018-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3702236961

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Avalanche. by Rudi Mair,Patrick Nairz Pdf

Author : Francois Louchet
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780198866930

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Snow Avalanches by Francois Louchet Pdf

An avalanche may be defined as the destabilization and flow of part of the snow cover. The book essentially deals with the former, focusing on avalanche triggering mechanisms. Avalanche triggering mechanisms have been debated for a long time. The book provides the reader with a re-foundation on clear scientific bases.

Author : Trudi Strain Trueit
Publisher : North Star Editions, Inc.
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2017-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781635171624

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Detecting Avalanches by Trudi Strain Trueit Pdf

Examines how scientists study avalanches. With colorful spreads featuring fun facts, sidebars, a disaster preparedness checklist, and a "How It Works" feature, this book provides an exciting look at the science of disaster detection.

Author : Alexander Nickolaevich Bozhinskiy,Kim Semionovich Losev
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3905620715

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The Fundamentals of Avalanche Science by Alexander Nickolaevich Bozhinskiy,Kim Semionovich Losev Pdf

Author : Ed Power
Publisher : Mountaineers Books
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2020-08-12
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781680512977

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Dragons in the Snow by Ed Power Pdf

Edward Power sets the reader down in the midst of a February 2017 blizzard that raked Utah’s Uinta Range as nine snowboarders made their way into the backcountry for a day of intense adventure. As the boarders were taking their first turns, expert avalanche forecaster Craig Gordon was tracking the storm and its impact, posting one of the most dire avalanche forecasts and warnings in his career. In Dragons in the Snow, Power delves into the research and science behind avalanche forecasting and rescue, weaving in the art of backcountry skiing as well as dramatic tales of avalanche accidents, rescues, and recoveries. And he paints compelling portraits of the men and women who have made the study of avalanches their life’s work. The tales told by these avalanche forecasters, as well as the stories of the backcountry riders who may "wake the dragon" make for not just a compelling read, but also a powerful tool for raising avalanche awareness in everyone who plays in the winter backcountry.

Author : Lee Thompson,Marial Shea
Publisher : Bruce Kay
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780994892904

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Autonomy, Mastery and Purpose in the Avalanche Patch by Lee Thompson,Marial Shea Pdf

What are our survival odds in avalanche country? Author Bruce Kay explores this puzzle in Autonomy, Mastery and Purpose. Drawing from the experiences of his peers and his own 35 years as a climber, skier and avalanche professional, Kay explains why avalanche country demands a unique mindset of managing risk by consideration of the unknown as much as the known. He explores related topics, including: - The Siren Song of Culture - Intuition and Bias - what is the difference? - Optimism and Luck - do we roll the dice or calculate risk? - The Expert Illusion - Strategic Mindset Using the work of Ian McCammon, Gary Klein and the Nobel Prize winning Kahnemen, Kay shows how the avalanche problem is nearly perfectly designed to produce errors in judgement, yet still provide opportunity for solution. This is brought to life using case studies and adrenaline - pumping stories from fellow professionals and recreationists. He warns that his book may at times "demand a bit more of the reader than the average ski video," but if truly interested in surviving to ski another day, this book is for you.

Author : International Snow Science Workshop Canada Inc
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Avalanches
ISBN : STANFORD:36105114669349

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Proceedings of the International Snow Science Workshop 2002 by International Snow Science Workshop Canada Inc Pdf

Author : David McClung,Peter A. Schaerer
Publisher : The Mountaineers Books
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0898868092

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The Avalanche Handbook by David McClung,Peter A. Schaerer Pdf

Technical yet accessible, The Avalanche Handbook, 3rd Edition, covers the formation, character, effects, and control of avalanches; rescue techniques; and research on understanding and surviving avalanches. Illustrated with nearly 200 updated illustrations, photos and examples, the revised edition offers exhaustive information on contributing weather and climate factors, snowpack analysis, the newest transceiver search techniques, and preventative and protective measures, including avalanche zoning and control. It contains new information on the unique characteristics of alpine snow, snow slab instability, terrain variables, skier triggering of avalanches, and the nature of avalanche motion. Plus brand-new chapters on the elements of backcountry avalanche forecasting and the decision-making process.

Author : Richard Spilsbury
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1433986531

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The Science of Avalanches by Richard Spilsbury Pdf

Made of snow, ice, and rocks, avalanches can start in a variety of ways, including by people. Readers will explore the causes and effects of different kinds of avalanches through fact-filled and accessible content. Real-life photographs will engage readers while reinforcing the science concepts behind examples of modern, devastating avalanches. Enhanced by interesting fact boxes and timelines of real avalanches, readers will be guided through safety and disaster relief so theyll be able to act if caught out in the cold when the snow starts to fall.

Author : Per Bak
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-11
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781475754261

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How Nature Works by Per Bak Pdf

Self-organized criticality, the spontaneous development of systems to a critical state, is the first general theory of complex systems with a firm mathematical basis. This theory describes how many seemingly desperate aspects of the world, from stock market crashes to mass extinctions, avalanches to solar flares, all share a set of simple, easily described properties. "...a'must read'...Bak writes with such ease and lucidity, and his ideas are so intriguing...essential reading for those interested in complex systems...it will reward a sufficiently skeptical reader." -NATURE "...presents the theory (self-organized criticality) in a form easily absorbed by the non-mathematically inclined reader." -BOSTON BOOK REVIEW "I picture Bak as a kind of scientific musketeer; flamboyant, touchy, full of swagger and ready to join every fray... His book is written with panache. The style is brisk, the content stimulating. I recommend it as a bracing experience." -NEW SCIENTIST

Author : Peter Weir,British Columbia. Forest Science Program
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Nature
ISBN : STANFORD:36105121841600

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Snow Avalanche Management in Forested Terrain by Peter Weir,British Columbia. Forest Science Program Pdf

This handbook addresses snow and avalanche phenomena in a forestry setting and presents a risk assessment produre suitable for incorporation in the terrain stability field assessment process. Outlines harvest design and silvicultural strategies to reduce the risk of avalanche damage. Includes strategies for managing avalanche risks in winter.

Author : Vivien Bowers
Publisher : Greystone Books
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2012-01-06
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781926685250

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In the Path of an Avalanche by Vivien Bowers Pdf

On a clear, cold morning in January 1998, in the Selkirk Mountains of southeastern British Columbia, a massive avalanche buried six experienced back-country skiers. They didn’t have a chance. Thus began the worst day for avalanche deaths in Canadian history and one of the most tragic in North America. This book is the biography of a deadly avalanche, detailing how a combination of factors—steep, open terrain, an unstable winter snow pack primed to slide, aggravating weather conditions, and a trigger provided by a handful of back-country skiers—resulted in human tragedy. It is the story of a particular avalanche, but it illustrates a natural phenomenon that has threatened human endeavours throughout the world since people first ventured within the reach of steep snow slopes.