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Title: QUANTIFYING THE RISK TO AVALANCHE PRONE ROADS: CONSIDERATIONS FOR IMPLEMENTING THE AVALANCHE HAZARD INDEX
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Jordy Hendrikx, Alan Jones, David Hamre, Chris Wilbur
Description: The Avalanche Hazard Index (AHI) method was pioneered in the early 1980s and published by Schaerer in 1989. Since then, the AHI method has been applie...
Object ID: ISSW2024_O7.11.pdf
Keywords: avalanche, risk, hazard, management, road, railway, ahi
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Title: ALPS2.0: INTERACTION OF FLEXIBLE ROCKFALL BARRIERS WITH STATIC AND DYNAMIC SNOW PRESSURE
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Gabriel Marc, Svein Halsne, Johan Persson, Andreas Lanter, Helene Lanter
Description: Due to the demand for protection systems with a design on the combined load case rockfall and snow pressure, a research project is enrolled for the b...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P7.1.pdf
Keywords: snow pressure, avalanche dynamics, avalanche, rockfall protection
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Title: MITIGATION OF THE STORTUVA AVALANCHE
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Hallvard Skaare Nordbroden, Henrik Langeland, Kalle Kronholm
Description: Mosjoen city center lies at river Vefsnas estuary and is threatened by the Stortuva Avalanche from the opposite riverside. Several avalanches have cau...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P7.2.pdf
Keywords: powder snow avalanche, avalanche mitigation, case study, snow drift
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Title: AVALANCHE-FREE SEASON: HOW CAN THIS BE DEFINED?
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Stefan Margreth, Roderick Kühne
Description: In Switzerland, avalanche hazard zones must be considered in land-use planning. No new buildings can be constructed in the red hazard zone and modific...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P7.3.pdf
Keywords: summer avalanche, avalanche-free season, hazard mapping, snow-free period
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Title: REGIONAL AVALANCHE RISK ANALYSIS IN PIEDMONT, ITALY
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Lanteri Luca Maria, Solero Erika, Pispico Rocco, Chiambretti Igor
Description: This study develops a methodology for analysing avalanche risk at a regional level, adapting methods previously used for assessing other natural risks...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P7.7.pdf
Keywords: avalanche hazard assessment, roads, infrastructures
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Title: LOCAL (SITE-SPECIFIC) AVALANCHE RISK MANAGEMENT IN ITALY
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Ratto Sara Maria, Dellavedova Paola, Roveyaz Simone Laurent, Lanteri Luca Maria, Solero Erika, Chiambretti Igor
Description: On the Italian territory, avalanche risk management at the local level (site-specific as defined by the EAWS definition) is regulated at the national ...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P7.8.pdf
Keywords: roads, avalanche hazard management, avalanche commissions
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Title: LOADING ON STRUCTURES FROM FLUIDIZED AVALANCHE FRONTS OVERFLOWING DEFLECTING DAMS AT FLATEYRI, ICELAND, JANUARY 2020
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Kristín Martha Hákonardóttir, Ragnar Lárusson, Árni Kristjánsson, Gunnlaugur Pétursson
Description: This study back-calculates impact pressures in two dry slab avalanches that were released on a 700 m high mountain above the village of Flateyri in No...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P7.10.pdf
Keywords: snow avalanches; powder-snow avalanches; snow avalanche deposit; fluidized front; field observations
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Title: SITE SPECIFIC AVALANCHE WARNING FOR SETTLEMENTS IN NORTHERN NORWAY. TWENTY YEARS OF THE NORTHERN NORWAY AVALANCHE SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Christian Jaedicke, Frode Sandersen, Arnulf Elvevold, Bård Fjukstad, Steinar Bakkehø, Erik Hestnes, Anette Sjøli, Per Elvestad, Karin Karlsen, Gjermund Haugen, Hilde Grønaas Størseth, Jan Hugo Sørensen, Hege Vigstad, Helene Solvang, Kim Weenås Vevik, Leikny Bakke Lie, Peter Gauer, Kjersti Gisnås, Garaham Gilbert, Holt Hancock, Anders Kleiven, Elise Morken, Sunniva Skuseth, Ronny Schjelderup
Description: Northern Norway experienced an intensely snow rich winter in 1997 when settled snow heights reached a record 240 cm at the weather station in Tromsø ...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P7.12.pdf
Keywords: avalanche warning, settlements, risk management, municipalities
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Title: IMPROVED WINTER SAFETY FOR THE OLIVONE-CAMPO BLENIO-COZZERA ROAD IN SOUTHERN SWITZERLAND WITH A RADAR-BASED AVALANCHE ALARM SYSTEM AND AUTOMATIC TRAFFIC CONTROL
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Tómas Jóhannesson, Susanne Wahlen
Description: The cantonal road from Olivone to Campo Blenio and Cozzera is affected by various avalanche paths that are mainly protected by a tunnel and a snow she...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P7.14.pdf
Keywords: avalanche detection, real-time, doppler radar, road safety, winter safety
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Title: MITIGATION MEASURE HANDBOOK – A PRACTICAL HANDBOOK ABOUT REDUCING SNOW AVALANCHE HAZARD FOR BUILDINGS WITH AVALANCHE DEFENCE STRUCTURES
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Synnøve F. Nordang, Arni Jonsson
Description: The Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE) is responsible for the management of Norway’s water and energy resources. The NVE also wo...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P7.16.pdf
Keywords: snow avalanche, slush flow, natural hazard, mitigation, handbook
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Title: THE ROLE OF THE FIELD OBSERVERS AND AVALANCHE FORECASTERS IN THE NORWEGIAN PUBLIC ROADS ADMINISTRATION
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Silje Sanderud Haaland
Description: The Norwegian Public Roads Administration (NPRA) is both an end-user of the snow avalanche bulletin and part in issuing. NPRA cooperates with Norwegia...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P7.18.pdf
Keywords: avalanche bulletin, field observers, avalanche forecasters, end-users, norwegian public roads administration
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Title: INTENSITY, RETURN PERIOD AND RISK: INVERSELY PROPORTIONAL PARAMETERS IN SPECIFIC CASES OF NATURAL HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DYNAMICS OF SNOW AVALANCHES.
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Sergi Riba Porras, Carles García-Sellés, Vincente Medina de Iglesias
Description: When planning road infrastructure projects in high mountain regions prone to avalanche hazard, crucial first step involves analysing the characteristi...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P7.20.pdf
Keywords: avalanche dynamics, avalanche protections, hazard, risk analysis.
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Title: FORTY YEARS WITH AVALANCHE DETECTION SYSTEMS IN NORWAY
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Tore Humstad
Description: As part of public strategies for the protection of Norwegian roads against avalanches, automatic avalanche monitoring for spontaneous road closure an...
Object ID: ISSW2024_O8.1.pdf
Keywords: avalanche detection, monitoring, geophones, radar, norway
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Title: AVALANCHE INFRASOUND SIGNAL CLASSIFICATION USING MACHINE LEARNING
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Jeffrey B Johnson, Scott Havens, Clark Corey, Evi Ofekeze, Skyler Chase, Owen Walsh, Jerry Mock, Hans Peter Marshall
Description: Infrasound monitoring is an established technology for detecting and locating snow avalanches using array processing techniques. Infrasound arrays are...
Object ID: ISSW2024_O8.2.pdf
Keywords: infrasound, snow avalanche dynamics, avalanche hazard mitigation, machine learning
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Title: AVALANCHE MONITORING USING DISTRIBUTED ACOUSTIC SENSING: A CASE STUDY IN HOLMBUKTURA, NORWAY
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Antoine Turquet, Andreas Wuestefeld, Guro K. Svendsen, Finn Nyhammer, Espen Nilsen, Andreas Persson, Vetle Refsum
Description: Avalanches pose significant hazards in mountainous areas, particularly when avalanches block roads, leaving traffic vulnerable to subsequent avalanche...
Object ID: ISSW2024_O8.3.pdf
Keywords: automated avalanche detection, distributed acoustic sensing, signal processing
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