• Annual Report 2017 [SP 4 FoU Snøskred] 

      Issler, Dieter; Gauer, Peter; Gisnås, Kjersti; Glimsdal, Sylfest; Jaedicke, Christian; Sandersen, Frode (NGI-rapport;20170131-05-R, Research report, 2018-01-12)
      During the first year of the project period 2017–2019 of NGI's research project on snow avalanches, work was carried out in all five work packages (WP 1 – Ryggfonn and model development, WP 2 – Statistical tools, WP 3 – ...
    • Annual Report 2018 [SP 4 FoU Snøskred] 

      Issler, Dieter; Gauer, Peter; Glimsdal, Sylfest; Jaedicke, Christian; Sandersen, Frode (NGI-rapport;20170131-11-R, Research report, 2018-12-21)
      In the second year of the present three-year project period, core and/or long-term activities were continued: -experiments at Ryggfonn and maintenance of the site, -infrasound monitoring along State Road 15 between Fonnbu ...
    • Annual Report 2019 [SP4 FoU Snøskred] 

      Issler, Dieter; Gauer, Peter; Glimsdal, Sylfest; Jaedicke, Christian; Sandersen, Frode; Gisnås, Kjersti (NGI-rapport;20170131-17-R, Research report, 2020-05-28)
      NGI has conducted research on avalanches and related processes since 1973. This report gives a short insight in the work done in 2019. While experiments with artificial release of avalanches in the Ryggfonn experimental ...
    • Annual Report 2020 

      Gauer, Peter; Salazar, Sean; Robinson, Kate; Issler, Dieter; Frauenfelder, Regula; Langeland, Henrik; Liu, Zhongqiang; Domaas, Ulrik; Jaedicke, Christian; Gilbert, Graham (NGI-Rapport;20200017-02-R, Research report, 2021-03-19)
      During the first year of the project period 2020-2022 of NGIs research project on Snow avalanches, Applied Avalanche Research in Norway (AARN), work was conducted in all three work packages (WP 1 – Avalanche formation and ...
    • Annual Report 2021 

      Gauer, Peter; Salazar, Sean; Robinson, Kate; Issler, Dieter; Frauenfelder, Regula; Liu, Zhongqiang; Jaedicke, Christian; Gilbert, Graham (NGI-Rapport;20200017-03-R, Research report, 2022-04-08)
      During the second year of the project period 2020-2022 of NGIs research project on snow avalanches, Applied Avalanche Research in Norway (AARN), work was conducted in all three work packages (WP 1 – Avalanche formation and ...
    • APALI – Avalanche Probability Along Linear Infrastructure 

      Issler, Dieter (NGI-Rapport;20200431‐01‐TN, Research report, 2023-09-28)
      To secure linear infrastructure in the most cost-efficient manner, hazard hot-spots need to be known not only with regard to the intensity of possible events but also their probability. Traditional hazard mapping methods ...
    • Applied Avalanche Research in Norway: Fonnbu 50-year celebration 

      Gisnås, Kjersti; Issler, Dieter; Hancock, Holt (NGI-Rapport;20230100-02-R, Research report, 2023-11-10)
      NGI’s avalanche research station at Strynefjellet in western Norway was officially opened in October 1973, and in September 2023 NGI and the AARN project invited to a 3- day celebration in Stryn. The aim of the celebration ...
    • Avalanche studies and model validation in Europe, SATSIE. 1st annual report 

      Issler, Dieter (NGI-rapport;20021048-03, Lecture, 2003-11-28)
      During the first year ofthe SATSIE project, emphasis was on preparatory activities, i.e., development of sensors and data analysis methods, installation of new equipment in the experimental facilities, exploration of ...
    • Avalanche studies and model validation in Europe, SATSIE. 2. annual report 

      Issler, Dieter (NGI-rapport;20021048-06, Research report, 2004-11-30)
    • Avalanche studies and model validation in Europe, SATSIE. 3. Annual report 

      Issler, Dieter (NGI-rapport;20021048-11, Research report, 2005-12-01)
    • Avalanche studies and model validation in Europe, SATSIE. Final report 

      Issler, Dieter (NGI-rapport;20021048-15, Research report, 2006-08-10)
    • Avalanches on Mt. Fuji, Japan: Seismic detection and tracking combined with numerical simulations 

      Pérez-Guillén, Cristina; Tsunematsu, Kae; Kouichi, Nishimura; Issler, Dieter (Lecture, 2018)
    • Back-calculations of observed avalanches against natural deflecting dams 

      Issler, Dieter; Harbitz, Carl Bonnevie; Domaas, Ulrik; Kronholm, Kalle; Christen, Marc (The International Snow Science Workshop (ISSW) Proceedings;, Chapter, 2012)
      The objective of this study is to assess the reliability of presently available numerical avalanche models in predicting avalanche flow about deflecting natural terrain features such as large boulders or moraine ridges. ...
    • Comments on avalanche flow models based on the concept of random kinetic energy 

      Issler, Dieter; Jenkins, JT; McElwaine, J.N. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)
      In a series of papers, Bartelt and co-workers developed novel snow-avalanche models in which random kinetic energy RK (a.k.a. granular temperature) is a key concept. The earliest models were for a single, constant density ...
    • Comments on “On a Continuum Model for Avalanche Flow and Its Simplified Variants” by S. S. Grigorian and A. V. Ostroumov 

      Issler, Dieter (Others, 2020)
      This note first summarizes the history of the manuscript “On a Continuum Model for Avalanche Flow and Its Simplified Variants” by Grigorian and Ostroumov—published in this Special Issue—since the early 1990s and explains ...
    • A comparison of avalanche models with data from dry-snow avalanches at Ryggfonn, Norway 

      Issler, Dieter; Harbitz, Carl Bonnevie; Kristensen, Krister; Lied, Karstein; Moe, Arne; Barbolini, M.; Khazaradze, G.; McElwaine, J.N.; Mears, A.I.; Naaim, M.; Sailer, R. (Chapter, 2005)
      Twelve well-documented dry-snow avalanches from the instrurnented Ryggfonn path in western Norway were selected for back-ca1culations with several dynamical avalanche models. In each case, the run-out distance, the front ...
    • Conclusions from a recent survey of avalanche computational models 

      Harbitz, Carl Bonnevie; Issler, Dieter; Keylock, Christopher J. (NGI Publication;203, Chapter, 1998)
      In this paper we summarise a survey report on computational models for snow avalanche motion that was developed within the frame-work of the EU research project SAME (Snow Avalanche Modelling, Mapping and Warning in Europe). ...
    • Design Alternatives for a Tool for Probabilistic Run-Out Calculations With MoT-Voellmy 

      Issler, Dieter; Zhongqiang, Liu (NGI-rapport;20170131-10-TN, Research report, 2018-12-11)
      As part of WP 2 – Analyses of the joint Natural Hazards GBV project HARM1 (project number 20180069), it was decided to develop a tool for carrying out probabilistic runout calculations. This task was later moved to FoU ...
    • The design of avalanche protection dams : Recent practical and theoretical developments 

      Barbolini, Massimiliano; Domaas, Ulrik; Faug, Thierry; Gauer, Peter; Hákonardóttir, Kristín Martha; Harbitz, Carl Bonnevie; Issler, Dieter; Jóhannesson, Tómas; Lied, Karstein; Naaim, Mohamed; Naaim-Bouvet, Florence (EUR;23339, Research report, 2009)
      This book discusses the design of dams and other protective measures in the run-out zones of wet- and dry-snow avalanches. It summarises recent theoretical developments and the results of field and laboratory studies, ...
    • The design of avalanche protection dams. Recent practical and theoretical developments 

      Johannesson, Tomas; Gauer, Peter; Lied, Karstein; Barbolini, Massimiliano; Domaas, Ulrik; Faug, Thierry; Hakonardottir, Kristin Martha; Harbitz, Carl Bonnevie; Issler, Dieter; Naaim, Florence; Naaim, Mohamed; Rammer, Lambert (Lecture, 2008)
      Recent experimental and theoretical studies of the flow of avalanches against obstructions have been used, in combination with traditional design guidelines, to formulate recommendations for the design of dams and other ...