Item: AN AUTOMATIC AVALANCHE RISK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (AVALARMS)
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Title: AN AUTOMATIC AVALANCHE RISK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (AVALARMS)
Proceedings: International Snow Science Workshop 2024, Tromsø, Norway
Authors:
- Francesc Grau [ Endesa Generación, Col·legi de Camins ]
- Pere Oller [ GeoNeu Risk, Grup RISKNAT UB ]
Date: 2024-09-23
Abstract: Endesa, a gas and electricity company belonging to the Enel group, has dozens of roads leading to its hydropower assets, scattered in a wide area in the Catalan Pyrenees. Some of them are used during winter and are threatened by snow avalanches. For the avalanche risk to be weighed when using these roads, an automatic system has been put in operation to assess the risk level on each of them (AVALARMS) using the public regional avalanche forecasting. For such purpose in all the avalanche paths that threaten these roads avalanche events have been analyzed and modelled to determine when they can be released, and from which size they can reach the road. This solution is GIS-based and the whole process has been automated so that road users receive daily emails or Telegram messages indicating which restrictions apply on the roads in their area.
Object ID: ISSW2024_P1.19.pdf
Language of Article: English
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Keywords: Automatic Avalanche Risk Management, Road Safety
Page Number(s): 189 - 193
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