Welcome to the Technical Resources and Technology Transfer section of the Forest Service National Avalanche Center website!

To navigate through this part of the site, use the buttons above. You'll find information about:

Technical Papers ­ This part of the site has four sections. The first section lists articles, theses and dissertations that are associated with the National Avalanche Center, and provides links to abstracts and articles (where available). The second section contains an electronic copy of Snow, Weather, and Avalanches: Operational Guidelines for Avalanche Programs in the United States. The third section is a partial list of all the recent technical publications on snow and avalanches, while the fourth section gives links to other sites that list technical papers.

Graduate Student Opportunities ­ This is a list with information about the various avalanche research programs in North America, and provides contact information for prospective graduate students.

Current Projects ­ This section provides a summary of our current technology transfer projects. It is being updated during the summer of 2005.

Past Projects ­ This section summarizes some of the projects we are no longer actively working on. It's also being updated during the summer of 2005.

This Tech Transfer section of the NAC website was developed and is maintained by Karl Birkeland, Avalanche Scientist with the FS National Avalanche Center.