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Title: ANALYZING AUTOMATED AND METEOROLOGIST-DERIVED QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION FORECASTS: OPERATIONAL APPLICATIONS IN HIGHWAY AVALANCHE FORECASTING PROGRAMS: Date: 2024-09-23; Authors: John Stimberis, Seth Waterfall, Rachel Griffith; Description: Mountain weather significantly influences avalanche activity in maritime snow climates. The rapid accumulation of precipitation from snow or rain-on-s...; Object ID: ISSW2024_O1.4.pdf; Keywords: avalanche forecasting, weather forecasting, weather data, forecast accuracy, highways, precipitation.; View additional details about ANALYZING AUTOMATED AND METEOROLOGIST-DERIVED QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION FORECASTS: OPERATIONAL APPLICATIONS IN HIGHWAY AVALANCHE FORECASTING PROGRAMS

Title: EVALUATING UTAH AVALANCHE CENTER FORECASTS: COMPARING REPORTED AVALANCHE ACTIVITY WITH THE FORECASTED AVALANCHE PROBLEMS.: Date: 2023-10-08; Authors: Nikki Champion, Andy Paradis , Brett Kobernik; Description: One challenge avalanche centers often face is evaluating the accuracy of forecasts. The quantifiability of both an avalanche forecast and the corresp...; Object ID: ISSW2023_P1.05.pdf; Keywords: accuracy, forecasting, avalanche problems, communication; View additional details about EVALUATING UTAH AVALANCHE CENTER FORECASTS: COMPARING REPORTED AVALANCHE ACTIVITY WITH THE FORECASTED AVALANCHE PROBLEMS.

Title: Consistency and Accuracy of Public Avalanche Forecasts in Western Canada: Date: 2018-10-07; Authors: Grant Statham, Stephen Holeczi, Bret Shandro; Description: Forecasting avalanche problems and avalanche danger is a judgmental assessment that is highly susceptible to interpretation and bias. Thus, congruency...; Object ID: ISSW2018_O17.1.pdf; Keywords: avalanche problems, danger, forecasting, consistency, accuracy; View additional details about Consistency and Accuracy of Public Avalanche Forecasts in Western Canada

Title: Identifying Trends in Forecaster Behavior Over 35 Years at the Northwest Avalanche Center: Date: 2014-09-29; Authors: Chris Morin; Description: The Northwest Avalanche Center has forecasted weather and avalanche hazard for the PNW for over 35 years. They have produced almost 100,000 point fore...; Object ID: ISSW14_paper_O4.02.pdf; Keywords: avalanche forecasting, forecast accuracy, weather data, weather forecasts; View additional details about Identifying Trends in Forecaster Behavior Over 35 Years at the Northwest Avalanche Center

Title: Avalanche Forecast Verification Through a Comparison of Local Nowcasts with Regional Forecast: Date: 2014-09-29; Authors: Eirik Sharp; Description: This paper presents a methodology and a new dataset used by the Canadian Avalanche Center's Yukon Field Team in the winters of 2013 and 2014 to valida...; Object ID: ISSW14_paper_P1.18.pdf; Keywords: yukon, public forecasting, forecast accuracy, forecast skill, temporal scale.; View additional details about Avalanche Forecast Verification Through a Comparison of Local Nowcasts with Regional Forecast

Title: Spatial Variability of Some Snow Characteristics on a Slope and Interpretation of Measurements for Snow Stability Assessment: Date: 2006; Authors: Pavel Chernous, Yuri Fedorenko, Nikolay Barashev; Description: Snow thickness, density, shear strength and temperature are analyzed. Spatial distributions of the snow characteristics are considered as random field...; Object ID: issw-2006-339-348.pdf; Keywords: snow characteristics spatial variability, accuracy estimations, measurements' interpretation, simulation; View additional details about Spatial Variability of Some Snow Characteristics on a Slope and Interpretation of Measurements for Snow Stability Assessment

Title: Assessing the Accuracy of SIR-C Snow Cover Classification: Date: 1996; Authors: Thomas Albright, Jiancheng Shi, Jeff Dozier; Description: Timely and accurate maps of snow covered area (SCA) are important to resource managers, planners, and scientists for applications ranging from avalanc...; Object ID: issw-1996-140-143.pdf; Keywords: snow covered area, classification, synthetic aperture radar, sir-c, accuracy; View additional details about Assessing the Accuracy of SIR-C Snow Cover Classification