Item: Modern Forms of Communicating Avalanche Danger – A Norwegian Case
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Title: Modern Forms of Communicating Avalanche Danger – A Norwegian Case
Proceedings: International Snow Science Workshop Grenoble – Chamonix Mont-Blanc - October 07-11, 2013
Authors:
- Erik Rose Johnsen [ Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate ]
Date: 2013-10-07
Abstract: Norway established a national public service for avalanche danger warning on 14 January 2013, based on international standards. This is an important milestone in the Government’s efforts to improve public safety. It was reached after three years of research and development (2010-2012), which also included the development of a national landslide warning service. NVE is responsible for the service and publishes the avalanche warnings on the website www.varsom.no. Our goal is to be an informative and educational avalanche service. The bulletin page is therefore designed to increase avalanche awareness and enable the public to avoid accidents. To make the bulletin as user friendly and educational as possible, the bulletin page contains relevant information and learning material, in addition to the bulletin itself. To increase the use of the bulletins, improve on our service and encourage the use of our crowd sourcing application for observation gathering, we use Facebook as a digital meeting place for the avalanche service and the public.
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O5-20.pdf
Language of Article: English
Presenter(s): Unknown
Keywords: avalanche bulletin distribution, public licence policy, crowd sourcing, user involvement, communication, social media, education
Page Number(s): 423-427
Subjects: avalanche education avalanche bulletin avalanche danger
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