Item: Snowpack Tracker: the Development and Application of a Web-based Visualization Tool for Avalanche and Weather Data
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Title: Snowpack Tracker: the Development and Application of a Web-based Visualization Tool for Avalanche and Weather Data
Proceedings: International Snow Science Workshop Proceedings 2018, Innsbruck, Austria
Authors:
- Patrick J. Wright [ Inversion Labs, LLC, Wilson, WY, USA ]
- Tobey Carman [ Inversion Labs, LLC, Wilson, WY, USA ]
- Bob Comey [ Bridger-Teton National Forest Avalanche Center, Teton Village, WY, USA ]
Date: 2018-10-07
Abstract: New for the 2017-18 season, the Bridger-Teton Avalanche Center (BTAC) website includes tools for interactive display of weather and avalanche data. Developed by Inversion Labs for the BTAC, "Snowpack Tracker" provides a modern graphical display allowing users to interactively switch weather station locations and adjust the displayed time-range from several days to full-season views. These tools fill the need for visualization of data beyond raw weather variables, including derived variables such as snow settlement and multiday cumulative precipitation, and avalanche-specific data including avalanche events and daily hazard rating. The web-based display leverages modern, interactive software tools and can be customized for multiple weather stations and data sources. The Snowpack Tracker display is designed to be an update and enhancement to the commonly used Excel sheet originally developed by Ian McCammon and others. This tool has provided forecasters, educators and the public with rapid access to both recent and historic data, with potential for further application in additional regions over coming seasons.
Object ID: ISSW2018_P11.8.pdf
Language of Article: English
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Keywords: avalanche forecasting, software, data visualization
Page Number(s): 1075-1078
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