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International Conference of Alpine Meteorology, Davos, 12–14 April 1954

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 January 2017

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Journal of Glaciology , Volume 2 , Issue 16 , 1954 , pp. 386
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Copyright © International Glaciological Society 1954

Papers on the following subjects of interest to glaciologists were read at this Meeting:

  • Berc, H. (Cologne). Ice in furrows (Furcheneis).

  • Bossolasco, M. (Milan). Snow research in the Italian Alps.

  • Defant, F. (Innsbruck). World-wide conditions which influenced the development of the avalanche catastrophes in January 1954.

  • Gand, H. R. in der, and Zingg, T. (Davos). The development of the snow cover in the Weissfluhjoch—Davos region.

  • Gasser, O. (Munich). Snow melting and run-off in the Rhine Basin.

  • Gemini, F. de (Turin). Temperature and run-off from the Valtournanche Glacier.

  • Hoinices, H. (Innsbruck). The influence of glacier winds on ablation.

  • Holzapfel, R. (Bad Kissingen). The meteorological conditions of glacier recession.

  • Kirigin, B. (Zagreb). Snow conditions in the mountains of Croatia.

  • Krasser, L. (Bregenz). Experiences of the Vorarlberg Avalanche Service.

  • Lauscher, F. (Vienna). The climatic problems of solid precipitation in the Alps and the Arctic.

  • Quervain, M. de (Davos). The problems of snow and ice research.

  • Roch, André (Davos). The mechanism of the release of avalanches.

  • Roller, M. (Vienna). Normal values of the snow density in the Austrian Alps.

  • Steinhäusser, H. (Klagenfurt). Accumulation of snow.

  • Tollner, H. (Salzburg). Relationship between glaciers and climatic variation in the Austrian Alps.

  • Untersteiner, N. (Vienna). Mechanics of glacier flow.

  • Vanni, M. (Turin). Variations of Italian glaciers in the last thirty years.

  • Waibel, K. (Feldberg, Schwarzwald). Meteorological conditions for the icing up of high tension cables in mountains.

  • Zingg, T. (Davos). Precipitation measurements in the mountains.

Short summaries of the above papers are available in the Society’s library and a report of the Congress with longer abstracts will be published in the Austrian publication Wetter und Leben.