Current projects / 2023

“Assessing the Colorado Avalanche Information Center’s Backcountry Avalanche Forecasts” in the Proceedings of the International Snow Science Workshop, Bend, Oregon, U.S.A. by Spencer Logan and Ethan Greene.

“A Multi-factor Approach to Rank and Manage the Impact of Avalanches on Highway Operations” in the Proceedings of the International Snow Science Workshop Bend, Oregon, U.S.A. by Mike Cooperstein, Rebecca Hodgetts, Spencer Logan, Brian Gorsage, and Ethan Greene.

“Stress Mitigation in Avalanche Work” in the Proceedings of the International Snow Science Workshop Bend, Oregon, U.S.A. by Brian Lazar, Laura McGladrey, Ian Fowler, Gabriel Benel, and Ethan Greene.

“The Relationship Between Whumpf Observations and Avalanche Activity in Colorado, USA” in the Proceedings of the International Snow Science Workshop Bend, Oregon, U.S.A. by Jason Konigsberg, Ron Simenhois, Karl Birkeland, Erich Peitzsch, Doug Chabot, and Ethan Greene.

“Slope Scale Estimates of Crack Propagation Speeds From Avalanche Videos” in the Proceedings of the International Snow Science Workshop Bend, Oregon, U.S.A. by Ron Simenhois, Karl W. Birkeland, Johan Gaume, Alec van Herwijnen, Bastian Bergfeld, Bertil Trottet, and Ethan Greene.

“Snowpack Characteristics at Triggering Locations” in the Proceedings of the International Snow Science Workshop, Bend, Oregon, U.S.A. by Ron Simenhois, Karl W. Birkeland, Jason Konigsberg, Doug Chabot, and Ethan Greene.

“Using tree rings to compare Colorado’s 2019 avalanche cycle to previous large avalanche cycles” in the Proceedings of the International Snow Science Workshop, Bend, Oregon, U.S.A. by Erich H. Peitzsch, Ethan M. Greene, Jason Konigsberg, Gregory T. Pederson, Justin T. Martin, Nickolas Kichas, Daniel K. Stahle, Adrien Favillier, Nicolas Eckert, Karl W. Birkeland, and Kelly Elder.

“Snowpack Modeling Efforts at the Colorado Avalanche Information Center” in the Proceedings of the International Snow Science Workshop, Bend, Oregon, U.S.A. by John Snook.

“Big avalanches in a changing climate: Using tree-ring derived avalanche chronologies to examine avalanche frequency across multiple climate types” in the Proceedings of the International Snow Science Workshop, Bend, Oregon, U.S.A. by Erich H. Peitzsch, Gregory T. Pederson, Justin T. Martin, Eran Hood, Ethan M. Greene, Karl W. Birkeland , Kelly Elder, Gabriel J. Wolken, Nick Kichas, Daniel K. Stahle, and John R. Harley.

“A framework for measuring the performance of highway and railway avalanche programs, and demonstrating improvements with investment” in the Proceedings of the International Snow Science Workshop, Bend, Oregon, U.S.A. by Zac Sala, Dave Gauthier, Jamie Yount, Ethan Greene, and David Hamre.

“The AvID Project: Collaborative Solutions to Avalanche Forecasting Challenges” in the Proceedings of the International Snow Science Workshop, Bend, Oregon, U.S.A. by Grant Helgeson, Stan Nowak, Mike Cooperstein, Simon Horton, Jacob Barney, Brian Lazar, Ethan Greene, and Karl Klassen.  

Optimizing Road Management with Doppler Radar for Automatic Detection at I-70 in the Proceedings of the International Snow Science Workshop, Bend, Oregon, U.S.A. by Severin Stähly, Jamie Yount, Brian Gorsage, Ethan Greene, and Susanne Wahlen.

“Comparing Stability Tests and Understanding Their Limitations” in the Proceedings of the International Snow Science Workshop, Bend, Oregon, U.S.A. by Karl W. Birkeland, Alec van Herwijnen, Frank Techel, Edward H. Bair, Benjamin Reuter, Ron Simenhois, Bruce Jamieson, Alex Marienthal, Doug Chabot, and Jürg Schweizer.

“Supershear Crack Propagation in Snow Slab Avalanche Release: New Insights from Numerical Simulations and Field Measurements” in the Proceedings of the International Snow Science Workshop, Bend, Oregon, U.S.A. by Grégoire Bobillier, Bertil Trottet, Bastian Bergfeld, Ron Simenhois, Alec van Herwijnen, Jürg Schweizer, and Johan Gaume.

"Using video detection of snow surface movements to estimate weak layer crack propagation speeds" in the Annals of Glaciology by Ron Simenhois, Karl W. Birkeland, Johan Gaume, Alec van Herwijnen, Bastian Bergfeld, Bertil Trottet, and Ethan Greene.