Schneebrett
English translation: snow slab
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| 07:41 Mar 13, 2002 |
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|  Selected response from: Tom Funke Local time: 09:48 | ||||||
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| 4 +1 | slab avalanche |
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| 4 | slab |
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| 4 | snow sheet |
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| 3 | Snow board avalanche |
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15 mins confidence: 
slab Explanation: See references. Reference: http://rjd.home.cern.ch/rjd/Walk/translation.html Reference: http://www.seawfo.noaa.gov/products/SABSEA |
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17 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1slab avalanche Explanation: Misconception: "An Avalanche is a bunch of loose snow sliding down the mountain" Avalanche professionals call these "sluffs." Loose snow avalanches account for only a very small percentage of deaths and property damage. What we normally call avalanches are "slabs" or cohesive plates of snow. Picture a magazine sliding off the table, with the victim standing on the middle of the magazine. Ein Schneebrett ist eine gebundene Schneetafel in einer geschlossenen Schneefläche. Es ist in seiner Stabilität und Dimension nicht erkennbar und deshalb auch nicht einschätzbar. Für einen Schneebrettabgang braucht es drei Grundbedingungen: eine gebundene Schneetafel, eine Gleitfläche und eine Hangneigung von mindestens 25°. Die Auslösung erfolgt an einer der wenigen Schwachstellen (siehe Stabilitätsverteilung) des Hanges. Hier kommt es zum „primären Scherriß" (= das Schneebrett verliert zuerst die Bodenhaftung, es beginnt abzugleiten). Reference: http://www.firstrax.com/127.htm Reference: http://www.seilbahnen.at/themen/alpine_gefahren/alpineg_3.ht... |
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18 mins confidence:
Snow board avalanche Explanation: Schneebrettlawine http://www.seilbahnen.at/themen/alpine_gefahren/alpineg_3.ht... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2002-03-13 08:07:18 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- I think it is similar to snowboard in their sliding. However I tihnk it isnot used ,slab perhaps is more true |
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20 mins confidence:
snow sheet Explanation: A coherent layer of snow (part of a sufficiently steep slope) that becomes detached from the underlayers of snow (Staublawine) or from the underlying soil (Grundlawine in the spring) and initiates an avalanche. A skier can set this off by traversing above (somewhat less dangerous) or below (all too often fatal) the sheet. I've been there twice (though a long time ago) fortunately always on top ...(Giggijoch/Ötztal + Kärnten/ Hoferhütte) ... and helped dig out some less fortunate skiers who were at the bottom (Rotkogeljoch, Ötztal). HTH Tom -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2002-03-13 14:13:26 (GMT) Post-grading -------------------------------------------------- [Snow] SLAB would be a very good term. _Ice sheet_ I\'d avoid, since it does not correspond to the facts. Some of the snow may be only slightly cohesive powder snow resting on a \"roller bearing\" layer of sublimated, loose , small ice pellets. All the best, Tom |
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