Edward LaChapelle

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Edward LaChapelle

Earth Sciences

#1392

World Rank

#2029

Historical Rank

#395

USA Rank

Glaciology

#42

World Rank

#51

Historical Rank

USA Rank

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According to Wikipedia, Edward Randle "Ed" LaChapelle was an American avalanche researcher, glaciologist, mountaineer, skier, author, and professor. He was a pioneer in the field of avalanche research and forecasting in North America.

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Edward LaChapelle's Published Works

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Published Works

Direct Observation of the Mechanism of Glacier Sliding Over Bedrock (1964) (157)
The Classification of Snow Metamorphism (1970) (147)
The Fundamental Processes in Conventional Alavalanche Forecasting (1980) (131)
Field guide to snow crystals (1969) (102)
Diffusion theory applied to radiant energy distribution and albedo of snow (1961) (98)
The formation rate of depth hoar (1962) (94)
A theory of snow slab failure (1970) (51)
Annual mass and energy exchange on the blue glacier (1959) (48)
Field and Laboratory Measurements of Snow Liquid Water by Dilution (1985) (39)
Flow and internal structure of a rock glacier (1997) (37)
Assessing Glacier Mass Budgets by Reconnaissance Aerial Photography (1962) (36)
The Mass Budget of Blue Glacier, Washington (1965) (35)
Errors in Ablation Measurements from Settlement and Sub-Surface Melting (1959) (33)
Slab avalanching and the state of stress in fallen snow (1972) (27)
Snow Avalanches: A review of Current Research and Applications (1977) (26)
Temperature Patterns in an Alpine Snow Cover and Their Influence on Snow Metamorphism. (1977) (16)
The ABC of avalanche safety (1978) (15)
Stress-Generated Ice Crystals in a Nearly Isothermal Two-Phase System (1968) (13)
The thickness of Lemon Creek Glacier, Alaska, as determined by gravity measurements (1957) (12)
The Centrifugal Separation of Free Water from Melting Snow (1956) (11)
Instruments and Methods: The Measurement of Vertical Strain in Glacier Bore Holes (1974) (11)
SNOW STUDIES ON THE JUNEAU ICE FIELD (1954) (7)
The Blue Glacier project 1959 and 1960 (1960) (7)
Snow–Pack Structure: Stability Analyzed by Pattern–Recognition Techniques (1980) (6)
Instruments and Methods: A Simple Thermal Ice Drill (1963) (6)
The Relation of Crystal Riming to Avalanche Formation in New Snow (1967) (6)
Alternate Methods for the Artificial Release of Snow Avalanches (1977) (5)
CENTRAL AVALANCHE HAZARD FORECASTING - SUMMARY OF SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS (1978) (5)
Recent Progress in North American Avalanche Forecasting and Control (1960) (4)
The Control of Snow Avalanches (1966) (4)
Further Observations on Stress-generated Ice in the Blue Glacier, Washington, U.S.A. (1970) (3)
Alternate Methods of Avalanche Control - Interim Report (1976) (2)
ALTERNATE METHODS OF AVALANCHE CONTROL. PHASE IV (1978) (1)
Secrets of the snow (2001) (1)
METHODS OF AVALANCHE CONTROL IN WASHINGTON MOUNTAIN HIGHWAYS (1974) (1)
CENTRAL AVALANCHE HAZARD FORECASTING--INTERIM REPORT (1976) (1)
AVALANCHES ON THE NORTH CASCADES HIGHWAY (SR-20) (1971) (1)
M. G. Marcus Climate–glacier studies in the Juneau Ice Field region, Alaska. Chicago, Department of Geography, University of Chicago, 1964. ix, 128 p., illus. (University of Chicago. Department of Geography. Research Paper No. 88.) (1965) (1)
NORTH CASCADES HIGHWAY SR-20. AVALANCHE ATLAS-SUPPLEMENT (1974) (0)
C. Fraser. The avalanche enigma. London, John Murray, [1966]. xvi, 301 p., illus.42S. (Published in U.S.A. by Rand McNally and Co., New York. $6.95.) (1967) (0)
New Experiments With Methods for Avalanche Release (1976) (0)
Distant release of avalanches (1960) (0)
Long-term ice flow study (1964) (0)
CENTRAL AVALANCHE HAZARD FORECASTING-PHASE I FEASIBILITY STUDY-FINAL REPORT (1975) (0)
CENTRAL OREGON STUDENTS WIN INVENTERPRISE 2009 CONTEST It's impossible to predict how climate change will play out, but if the world's deserts proliferate, Central Oregon students are ready. (2009) (0)
AVALANCHE STUDIES (1972-73) (1973) (0)
Timberline Reforestation in the Austrian Alps: Implications for American Crest Zone Management (1967) (0)
Molnia, B. 2001. Glaciers of Alaska (2002) (0)
Methods of Avalanche Control on Washington Mountain Highways -Third Annual Report (1973) (0)

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