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Title: MONITORING OF GLIDE AVALANCHES UTILIZING UAV IMAGERY AND SFM TECHNIQUES
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Halgeir Dahle, Emil Solbakken
Description: Glide avalanches represent the release of the entire snow cover due to ground gliding. Predicting their release is challenging, with glide speed measu...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P8.31.pdf
Keywords: glide avalanche, uas, sfm, road safety, monitoring
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Title: REMOTELY SENSED AVALANCHE ACTIVITY DURING THREE EXTREME AVALANCHE PERIODS IN SWITZERLAND
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Elisabeth D. Hafner, Frank Techel, Holger Heisig, Jor Fergus Dal, Yves Bühler
Description: Systematic mapping of avalanches using remote-sensing technologies has become a reliable and – when combined with machine-learning algorithms – al...
Object ID: ISSW2024_O9.1.pdf
Keywords: avalanche mapping, potentially active area, danger level 5 (very high)
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Title: MULTI-FREQUENCY SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR OBSERVATIONS OF AVALANCHES AND SNOW PARAMETERS IN SVALBARD
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Eirik Malnes, Hannah Vickers, Jakob Grahn, Rolf-Ole Rydeng Jensen, Robert Ricker, Tom Rune Lauknes
Description: We present a time-series of L-, C- and X-band SAR data corresponding to wavelengths 23 cm, 5 cm, and 3 cm from the ALOS-2, Sentinel-1 and TerraSAR-X ...
Object ID: ISSW2024_O9.2.pdf
Keywords: sar, multi-frequency, avalanche detection, wet snow, swe
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Title: NEAR-REAL TIME SATELLITE CLASSIFICATION OF SNOW TYPES FOR AVALANCHE FORECAST PURPOSES
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Valt Mauro, Roberto Salzano, Rosamaria Salvatori , Paola Cianfarra
Description: Avalanche forecast in alpine areas is approached by integrating in situ snowpack surveys, data obtained by automated snow-meteorological stations, sno...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P9.2.pdf
Keywords: snow, modis, snow structure, avalanche forecast, satellite classication
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Title: AUTOMATED SNOW AVALANCHE MAPPING WITH DEEP LEARNING IN AERIAL IMAGERY FROM THE EXTREME AVALANCHE WINTER OF 1999
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Mr. Jor Fergus Dal, Mrs. Elisabeth D. Hafner, Dr. Torben Peters, Dr. Dominik Narnhofer, Dr. Rodrigo Caye Daudt, Mr. Holger Heisig, Dr. Yves Bühler
Description: Snow avalanches are a major natural hazard in mountainous areas, posing a significant risk to lives and infrastructure. Knowing the location, frequen...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P9.3.pdf
Keywords: avalanche mapping, remote sensing, deep learning
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Title: A CLIMATOLOGY OF RAIN-ON-SNOW EVENTS IN SVALBARD AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR AVALANCHE HAZARD
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: HANNAH VICKERS, JAKOB GRAHN, EIRIK MALNES, PRISCILLA MOONEY
Description: Rain-on-snow (ROS) events have become increasingly common in the wintertime across the Arctic as its climate continues to warm at an alarming pace. It...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P9.7.pdf
Keywords: svalbard, rain-on-snow, avalanche hazard, climate change
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Title: GROUND TRUTH VALIDATION OF SATELLITE REMOTE SENSED AVALANCHE DATA IN AUSTRIA
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Alexander Prokop, Kathrin Lisa Kapperer, Jakob Grahn, Stefan Muckenhuber, Eirik Malnes, Thomas Gölles, Patrick Nairz, Wolfgang Schöner
Description: Over the past decade, mapping avalanches in satellite imagery has proven to be a promising and rapid approach to monitor and analyze avalanche activit...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P9.10.pdf
Keywords: avalanche detection, satellite remote sensing, lidar, avalanche warning
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Title: DIRECT SNOWDRIFT MEASUREMENTS IN SITE-SPECIFIC AVALANCHE WARNING – A CASE STUDY FROM JOTUNHEIMEN, NORWAY
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Siiri Wickström, Nils Arne K. Walberg, Pål F. Lohne, Hallvard S. Nordbrøden, Kalle Kronholm
Description: Snowdrift significantly influences snow distribution in mountainous regions, making it a critical factor in avalanche forecasting. Quantifying snowdri...
Object ID: ISSW2024_O10.1.pdf
Keywords: snowdrift, site-specific avalanche warning, case-study
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Title: SNOW, RAIN, AND AN EARTHQUAKE: A MASSIVE AVALANCHE CYCLE IN TAJIKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN PAPER REFERENCE
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Douglas Chabot
Description: In Central Asia avalanches primarily affect houses, villages, and valuable livestock versus recreational users. To protect lives and property, the Aga...
Object ID: ISSW2024_O10.3.pdf
Keywords: akah, avalanche, tajikistan, afghanistan, wmp
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Title: AVALANCHE CONTROL WITH UAS ON NORWEGIAN ROADS
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Jens Tveit, Jarle Bøckman
Description: The demolition company AF Decom started developing a concept for UAS based avalanche control in 2019. The Norwegian Public Roads Administration (NPRA)...
Object ID: ISSW2024_O10.4.pdf
Keywords: avalanche control, avalanche mitigation, uas, road operations
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Title: 33 YEARS IN THE SERVICE OF THE AVALANCHE-SAFETY-TEAM IDALPE - A LOOK BACK AT IMPORTANT MILESTONES AND DEVELOPMENTS IN THE AVALANCHE RISK MANAGEMENT OF THE ISCHGL SKI RESORT
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Serafin Siegele, Paul Dobesberger, Harald Riedl
Description: 33 winters, Serafin Siegele was an integral part of the avalanche-safety-team in the ski resort Ischgl. Not only are the slopes in the ski area and th...
Object ID: ISSW2024_O10.5.pdf
Keywords: avalanche risk management, avalanche safety team, ski area management, controlled avalanche release, racs
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Title: AVALANCHE ACCIDENTS IN ITALY OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS: MOST COMMON TYPES AND PRACTICAL EXAMPLES
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Pivot Stefano, Viglietti Davide, Chiambretti Igor
Description: "We learn by making mistakes!". It is the best way to learn, but It is not always usable for avalanches because the risk of death or serious injury is...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P10.1.pdf
Keywords: avalanche accidents, common types, italy
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Title: WINTER OPERATIONS IN ANDORRA'S ROADS, CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIES
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Sergi Riba, Thomas Berger, Carles García Sellès, David Palmitjavila Duedra
Description: For approximately 15 years, the Government of Andorra has been tendering and contracting (every six years) winter control against the risk of avalanch...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P10.2.pdf
Keywords: winter operations; forecasting, gazex, triggered avalanche.
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Title: OPTICAL CAMERA SYSTEM TO MONITOR AVALANCHE PATHS ABOVE THE MER DE GLACE AND THE MOUNTAIN SLOPES CLOSE TO THE MONTENVERS, CHAMONIX, FRANCE
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Maxence Carrel, Severin Staehly, Julien Malbert, Philippe Berthet-Rambaud
Description: The Montenvers train station, located above Chamonix, is the main access to the Mer de Glace, the largest glacier in France. Prolonging the train, a g...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P10.3.pdf
Keywords: avalanche monitoring, camera system, energy self-sufficient, remote avalanche control system
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Title: NEW GEOREFERENCED AVALANCHE DATABASE IN ANDORRA: A BRIEF CHARACTERIZATION OF ACCIDENTS OVER THE LAST 60 YEARS
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Aina Margalef, Anna Albalat, Jon Apodaka, Marc Pons, Laura Trapero
Description: Although avalanches have affected Andorra for as long as can be remembered, the first fatality recorded by rescue services dates to the winter of 1964...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P10.5.pdf
Keywords: avalanche accidents, avalanche database, pyrenees
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