Item: New Observation Guidelines for Avalanche Programs in the United States
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Title: New Observation Guidelines for Avalanche Programs in the United States
Proceedings: Proceedings of the 2004 International Snow Science Workshop, Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Authors:
- E. M. Greene [ American Avalanche Association, Pagosa Springs, Colorado, USA ] [ Department of Geosciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA ] [ USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA ]
- K. W. Birkeland [ USDA Forest Service National Avalanche Center, Bozeman, Montana, USA ]
- K. Elder [ USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA ]
- G. Johnson [ USDA Forest Service Sawtooth Avalanche Center, Ketchum, Idaho, USA ]
- C. Landry [ Center for Snow and Avalanche Studies, Silverton, Colorado, USA ]
- I. McCammon [ Snowpit Technologies, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA ] [ National Outdoor Leadership School, Lander, Wyoming, USA ]
- M. Moore [ USDA Forest Service Northwest Avalanche Center, Seattle, Washington, USA ]
- D. Sharaf [ American Avalanche Association, Pagosa Springs, Colorado, USA ] [ National Outdoor Leadership School, Lander, Wyoming, USA ] [ Valdez Heli-Ski Guides, Valdez, Alaska, USA ]
- C. Sterbenz [ American Avalanche Association, Pagosa Springs, Colorado, USA ] [ Telluride Ski Company, Telluride, Colorado, USA ]
- B. Tremper [ American Avalanche Association, Pagosa Springs, Colorado, USA ] [ USDA Forest Service Utah Avalanche Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA ]
- K. Williams [ Colorado Avalanche Information Center, Boulder, Colorado, USA ]
Date: 2004
Abstract: For over 35 years avalanche workers in the United States used observations described on “the blue and green sheets†published by the USDA Forest Service for standard snow, weather and avalanche observations. Those observation outlines served the U.S. avalanche community well and produced a valuable long-term data set. However, a new and updated set of guidelines are now needed since the blue and green sheets are out of print, and the number, types and needs of avalanche programs in the U.S. have changed. The American Avalanche Association and the USDA Forest Service National Avalanche Center joined forces to research, write and publish a new set of observational guidelines to support avalanche programs in the United States. This effort began by licensing the Canadian Avalanche Association’s Observational Guidelines and Recording Standards for Weather, Snowpack, and Avalanches. This wellestablished document along with the blue and green sheets formed a solid foundation for the new guidelines, which were specifically developed to fit the diverse needs of avalanche programs in the U.S. The resulting document, Snow, Weather, and Avalanches: Observational Guidelines for Avalanche Programs in the United States, was published by the American Avalanche Association in the fall of 2004. Additional Authors: Department of Geosciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA.2 USDA Forest Service National Avalanche Center, Bozeman, Montana, USA.3 USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA.4 USDA Forest Service Sawtooth Avalanche Center, Ketchum, Idaho, USA.5 Center for Snow and Avalanche Studies, Silverton, Colorado, USA.6 Snowpit Technologies, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.7 National Outdoor Leadership School, Lander, Wyoming, USA.8 USDA Forest Service Northwest Avalanche Center, Seattle, Washington, USA.9 Valdez Heli-Ski Guides, Valdez, Alaska, USA.10 Telluride Ski Company, Telluride, Colorado, USA.11 USDA Forest Service Utah Avalanche Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.12 Colorado Avalanche Information Center, Boulder, Colorado, USA.13
Language of Article: English
Presenters: Unknown
Keywords: avalanche, meteorology, measurement, observation, education
Page Number(s): Unavailable
Subjects: forest service american avalanche association observation data
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