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Glossary snow and avalanches Benjamin Zweifel

Glossary snow and avalanches Benjamin Zweifel. Glossary snow and avalanches. Idea: help for users consistent terminology for experts. Glossary snow and avalanches. 2000 Start in the working group 2004 120 terms on the internet (German, English, French, Italian)

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Glossary snow and avalanches Benjamin Zweifel

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  1. Glossary snow and avalanches Benjamin Zweifel

  2. Glossary snow and avalanches • Idea: • help for users • consistent terminology for experts

  3. Glossary snow and avalanches • 2000 Start in the working group • 2004 120 terms on the internet (German, English, French, Italian) • 2005 Slovakian translation • 2006 Norwegian, Rumanian(only paper) translation • www.avalanches.org • glossar.slf.ch

  4. New terms, update 2007 30 new terms will be included in 2007

  5. New terms, update 2007 • Albedo (albedo) • Becherkristalle, Tiefenreif (depth hoar) • Büsserschnee (penitent snow)

  6. New terms, update 2007 • Eislawine (ice avalanche) • Entlastungsabstand (distance between skiers to reduce pressure on the snow) • Fernauslösung (distant release)

  7. New terms, update 2007 • Filziger Schnee (felt like snow) • Firnspiegel (?) • Fischmaul, Gleitschneemaul (“fish mouth”)

  8. New terms, update 2007 • gebundener Schnee (bonded snow) • inneralpin (interior alps, maybe specifically CH…) • Isothermie, isotherme Schneedecke (isothermal snowpack) • Kantigkörniger Schnee (facet snow)

  9. New terms, update 2007 • kleine, runde Körner, Rundkörniger Schnee (round grained snow) • Kritische Neuschneemenge (critical amount of new snow) • Lawinenkegel (avalanche cone, runout) • Lawinenlagebericht, Lawinenbulletin (CH) • lokal (local)

  10. New terms, update 2007 • regional (regional) • Schmelzformen • Schneedichte • Schneedünen, Dünen, Windablagerung (snow dunes)

  11. New terms, update 2007 • Schneefahnen (snow banner) • Sicherheitsabstand (security distance) • Sinterung • ungebundener Schnee (unbonded snow) • Wildschnee

  12. New terms, update 2007 • Windgangeln, Zastrugi, Winderosion (zastrugi, wind erosion) • Wummgräusche, Setzungsgeräusche (whooms)

  13. Road map • June 2007 German • End of 2007 English, French, Italian, Slovakian, Norwegian

  14. Further interests? • Further languages: • Spanish? • Icelandic? • Further terms: • Periodical updates are planed • contact: zweifel@slf.ch

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