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    • Title: CLV Web- Platform: a New Tool to Support the Management of Local Avalanche Hazard

      Proceedings: International Snow Science Workshop 2014 Proceedings, Banff, Canada

      Authors:

      • Segor V.  [ Avalanche warning Services - Autonomous Region Valle d'Aosta - Italy, Quart, Italy ]
      • Antonello G.  [ Avalanche warning Services - Autonomous Region Valle d'Aosta - Italy, Quart, Italy ]  [ Fondazione “Montagna Sicura”, Courmayeur (AO) - Italy ]
      • Durand N.  [ Avalanche warning Services - Autonomous Region Valle d'Aosta - Italy, Quart, Italy ]  [ Fondazione “Montagna Sicura”, Courmayeur (AO) - Italy ]
      • Dellavedova P.  [ Avalanche warning Services - Autonomous Region Valle d'Aosta - Italy, Quart, Italy ]  [ Fondazione “Montagna Sicura”, Courmayeur (AO) - Italy ]
      • Frigo B.  [ Avalanche warning Services - Autonomous Region Valle d'Aosta - Italy, Quart, Italy ]  [ Fondazione “Montagna Sicura”, Courmayeur (AO) - Italy ]
      • Pitet L.   [ Avalanche warning Services - Autonomous Region Valle d'Aosta - Italy, Quart, Italy ]
      • Saudin P.   [ Ecometer S.n.c, Introd (AO), Italy ]

      Date: 2014-09-29

      Abstract: The management of local avalanche hazard has always been one of the vital aspects in mountain areas. Besides being a job of great social commitment, it entails a deep knowledge on local territory and on avalanche dynamics, snowpack formation and micro-Alpine meteorology. For this reason, with the regional law n. 29/2010, the Aosta Valley (IT) has regulated the Avalanche Local Commissions (CLV), born to support the local authorities to manage the avalanche hazard. CLV are engaged in: (i) forecasting and monitoring of snow and weather conditions; (ii) evaluation of the snow cover stability; (iii) early warning, emergency management and intervention in case of avalanche hazard. So, the 3.260 kmq of Aosta Valley Alpine region (with 70% exposed to avalanche hazard) has been subdivided into 17 zones (by grouping all 74 municipalities) in the urbanized territory, each under the supervision of one CLV. To facilitate the management of local avalanche situations on uniform criteria and methodologies, thanks to the Alpine Space project Start-It-Up, in collaboration with CELVA - Consortium of Local Authorities of Aosta Valley, the Region of Aosta Valley is starting the implementation of a platform for the visualization and data storage about snow, weather and avalanches as well as the verbalization of actions performed and suggested by CLV in avalanche emergency. Based on the experience of Austrian colleagues, the platform is developing through open source tools and frameworks to reduce the cost of software managing and the hardware architecture is supporting plugins to easy include future new deployments. The platform will be testing and used by the CLVs of Aosta Valley from winter 2014/15.

      Object ID: ISSW14_paper_P3.12.pdf

      Language of Article: English

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      Keywords: roads, avalanche hazard management, ski resort.

      Page Number(s): 966-971

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