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damage
damage to a forest
damage to terrain
damp snow
USE
moist snow
danger
dangerous site
dark nilas
data
data acquisition line
data from satellites
dating of ice
datum state (glacier)
DD
USE
degree-day
dead
dead ice
deadman
death
death by asphyxia
death by suffocation
USE
death by asphyxia
debris
debris covered glacier
decay snow
USE
saturation with water (snow pack)
deciduous forest
USE
leafy wood
decomposing and fragmented precipitation particles
decrease in temperature
deep abyssal plain
deep basin
deep probe
USE
ram penetrometer
deep snow
deep upwelling
deep water masses
deep-snow skier
USE
back-country skier
deep-water currents
defense structure
defense structure area
defenses against snow creep
deflecting barrier
deflecting cross
USE
cruciform wind-baffle
deflecting dam
USE
deflecting barrier
deflecting dike
USE
deflecting barrier
deflecting force
deflecting structure
deflecting wall
deflection angle
deflection dam
deformation
deformation processes
deformed ice
degree of avalanche danger
degree of avalanche hazard
USE
degree of avalanche danger
degree of avalanche risk
USE
degree of avalanche danger
degree of loading
degree-day
delimited track
USE
marked ski run
Denoth meter
density
density effect on deformation rate
density inversion
density of constructions
density of snow
USE
snow density
density variation with depth
deposit (avalanche)
deposition
USE
accumulation of snow
deposition area
USE
zone of deposition
deposition of drifted snow
USE
snow drift
deposition of wind - transported snow
USE
snow drift
depression
USE
deep basin
depression area
depth hoar
depth of burial
depth of fracture
USE
height of crown
depth of snow cover
USE
snow height
descent
descent corridor
USE
descent passage
descent passage
descent route
descent track
desk
USE
desk roof
desk roof
destabilised
destruction
destructive metamorphism
USE
light gradient metamorphism
detachable chairlift
USE
chairlift
detonating cord
detonation
USE
bang
detonator
USE
igniter
Deuterium excess
developed area
development of snowpack
USE
snowpack evolution
dew
dew point
dew-point temperature
USE
dew point
DF
USE
decomposing and fragmented precipitation particles
DFbk
USE
wind broken particles
DFdc
USE
partly decomposed particles
DH
USE
depth hoar
DHch
USE
chains of depth hoar
DHcp
USE
hollow cups
DHla
USE
large striated crystals
DHpr
USE
hollow prisms
DHxr
USE
rounding depth hoar
diamond dust
differential ablation
diffluent glacier
diffuse ice edge
diffusion coefficient
USE
albedo
diffusion of ice molecules
diffusion of kinematic wave
digging out
dilatancy
dilatation
dilatation of fracture
USE
strain at failure
dilution method
DIMENSIONS
dip
direction finding
direction finding antenna
directional value
USE
guideline value
disappearance point
USE
last seen point (of the avalanche victim)
discharge
USE
rate of flow
discharge above the snow surface
discharging of snow (from trees)
disciplines
dislocations in ice
displacement
dissociation pressure
distance measured along the slope
USE
slope distance
distance of rope
distress signal
distribution of local dangers
USE
distribution of local risks
distribution of local risks
disturbance
diverging
domed iceberg
double frequency rescue beacon
double T beam
down jacket
downdraw
downpour
USE
rain shower
downwind slope
USE
lee slope
draglift
USE
ski-tow
drainage glacier
draught
dried ice
drift control structures
USE
snowfences
drift ice
drifted snow
drifting snow
driving stress
drizzle
dropping from helicopter
drumlin
dry draught
dry snow
dry snow avalanche
dry snow line
dry snow zone
USE
dry-snow zone
dry stone wall
dry-snow zone
drydocked iceberg
dud
dug out material
dummy
dump moraine
duration of burial
dust in ice
dwarf pine
USE
knee pine
dye-tracing
DYNAMIC ASPECTS
dynamic recrystallization
dynamometer