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Item: Avalanche Warning Service without Frontiers in the Karavanks Along the Slovenian-Austrian Border

• • Title: Avalanche Warning Service without Frontiers in the Karavanks Along the Slovenian-Austrian Border

    Proceedings: International Snow Science Workshop Grenoble – Chamonix Mont-Blanc - October 07-11, 2013

    Authors:

    • Arnold Studeregger  [ Institute of Meteorology and Geodynamic, Graz, Austria ]
    • Arnulf Wurzer  [ Institute of Meteorology and Geodynamic, Graz, Austria ]
    • Hannes Rieder  [ Institute of Meteorology and Geodynamic, Graz, Austria ]
    • Andreas Riegler  [ Institute of Meteorology and Geodynamic, Graz, Austria ]
    • Willi Ertl  [ Government of Carinthia Austria, Klagenfurt, Austria ]
    • Manca Volk Bahun  [ Anton Melik Geographical Institute ZRC SAZU ]
    • Jaka Ortarand Miha Pavsek  [ Anton Melik Geographical Institute ZRC SAZU ]

    Date: 2013-10-07

    Abstract: The avalanche warning service was established within the frames of Operational program SI–AT 2007–2013 project “Natural Hazards without Frontiers”. The first regular season was the winter 2012/2013. The avalanche and the slab avalanche situation in the transnational area along the 160 km border between the south of Austria and north of Slovenia show major differences of avalanche building weather situations. Because of the nearby sea in the southwest of Slovenia the prevailing weather situations for high precipitation are coming from southwest or southeast. Nevertheless sometimes a lot of fresh snow occurs at northerly weather situations, which is unusual for Slovenian Alps and is therefore poorly forecasted for this region. Austrian avalanche experts are facing the same problems at southerly weather situations. Hence an exchange of experience, weather data as well as model information improves the avalanche warning on both sides of the Austrian Slovenian border. Project partners are: Institute of Meteorology and Geodynamic, Graz, Austria, Government of Carinthia, Avalanche Service, Klagenfurt, Austria, Anton Melik Geographical Institute ZRC SAZU,Ljubljana, Slovenia and Geodetic Institute of Slovenia Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-16.pdf

    Language of Article: English

    Presenter(s): Unknown

    Keywords: avalanche, avalanche bulletin, avalanche warning service, alps

    Page Number(s): 292-296

    Subjects: avalanche warning avalanche bulletin avalanche hazard

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