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Title: SYNTHESIZING REGIONAL SNOWPACK STABILITY AND AVALANCHE PROBLEMS IN THE OPERATIONAL AWSOME FRAMEWORK
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Florian Herla, Michael Binder, Norbert Lanzanasto, Martin Perfler, Aron Widforss, Michael Reisecker, Karsten Müller, Christoph Mitterer
Description: Snowpack simulations can enhance avalanche forecasting by providing more continuous spatial and temporal assessments, offering short-term forecasts, a...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P1.33.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, snowpack modeling, avalanche hazard assessment modeling, large-scale operational model chain, forecaster dashboard, awsome
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Title: A PROBABILITY-BASED MODELLING APPROACH BEYOND A FEW SELECTED RETURN PERIODS FOR COMPREHENSIVE AND ROBUST HAZARD AND RISK ASSESSMENT
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Jan Kleinn, Yves Bühler, Julia Glaus, Dörte Aller, Catherine Berger, Michael Rinderer, Nils Hählen, Adrian Peter, Corinne Singeisen
Description: We present an innovative modelling approach, which allows to derive probability-based hazard information at any location in avalanche-prone areas. Su...
Object ID: ISSW2024_O7.7.pdf
Keywords: hazard modelling, risk modelling, probabilistic modelling, avalanche hazard, avalanche risk, loss-frequency-curves
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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: 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: 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: RISKCHECK: A FRAMEWORK FOR AVALANCHE RISK ASSESSMENT, INTEGRATING MANUAL AND SEMI-AUTOMATED APPROACHES
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Stephan Harvey, Benjamin Reuter, Josiah Rohrer, Martin Ruggli, Jürg Schweizer
Description: Those traveling in the winter backcountry expose themselves to avalanche danger, where the interplay of triggering probability and potential conseque...
Object ID: ISSW2024_O11.2.pdf
Keywords: avalanche risk assessment, avalanche terrain, avalanche hazard evaluation, bayesian framework, decision-making
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Title: REFINED SWISS AVALANCHE TERRAIN MAPPING CATV2 / ATHV2
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Stephan Harvey, Marc Christen, Yves Bühler, Cyrill Hänni, Noel Boos, Boris Bernegger
Description: Avalanche terrain maps are becoming increasingly common for large areas due to the availability of high-resolution and high-quality digital elevation...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P12.1.pdf
Keywords: avalanche terrain maps, white risk, avalanche terrain, avalanche hazard mapping, backcountry tour planning
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Title: HEARD BUT NOT SEEN: AUTOMATED DETECTION AND QUANTIFICATION OF SNOW AVALANCHES USING INFRASOUND
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Jeffrey B Johnson, Scott Havens, Hans Peter Marshall, Jerry Mock, Owen Walsh, Jacob F. Anderson, Madeline Hunt, Zach Hoppinen, Ernesto Trujillo, Clark Corey
Description: Infrasound monitoring is an established tool for remote detection and localization of snow avalanches. Avalanche mass movements radiate low-frequency...
Object ID: ISSW2023_P1.55.pdf
Keywords: infrasound, snow avalanche dynamics, avalanche hazard mitigation
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Title: AUTOMATIC CRUX DETECTION FOR PLANNING BACKCOUNTRY TOURS IN AVALANCHE TERRAIN
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Stephan Harvey, Cyrill Hänni, Noel Boos, Jorim Urner
Description: For travelling in the backcountry, good planning is crucial. Besides the current weather and avalanche forecast, terrain characteristics must be asses...
Object ID: ISSW2023_O8.02.pdf
Keywords: avalanche terrain, crux detection, avalanche hazard mapping, white risk, backcountry tour planning, decision making
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Title: AVALANCHE RISK OF HIGH MOUNTAIN HUTS IN SWITZERLAND AND ITS EVOLUTION DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Stefan Margreth, Mark Schaer
Description: The Swiss Alpine Club SAC operates 153 mountain huts in the Swiss Alps. Some of these huts are located at locations exposed to avalanches. In the past...
Object ID: ISSW2023_P2.31.pdf
Keywords: avalanche hazard mapping, climate change, avalanche mitigation, avalanche risk
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Title: BRITISH COLUMBIA MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROVINCIAL AVALANCHE HAZARD INDEX
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Brian Gould, Scott Thumlert, Eirik Sharp, Cam Campbell, Dorian Schjelderup, Lea Green
Description: This paper presents work completed to quantify and visualize snow avalanche hazard for the entire provincial highway network as managed by the British...
Object ID: ISSW2023_P2.37.pdf
Keywords: british columbia, ministry of transportation and infrastructure, avalanche hazard index, transportation corridor risk, risk planning tool, ahi
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Title: DATA-DRIVEN METHODS FOR THE AVALANCHE HAZARD INDEX
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Scott Thumlert, Brian Gould, Cam Campbell, Dorian Schjelderup, Eirik Sharp, Lea Green
Description: Describing snow avalanche hazard for transportation corridors with the Avalanche Hazard Index (AHI) provides valuable planning insights. The AHI allow...
Object ID: ISSW2023_P2.38.pdf
Keywords: avalanche hazard index, transportation corridor risk, risk planning tool, ahi
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Title: CHALLENGES IN USING THE AVALANCHE HAZARD INDEX – A CASE STUDY FROM THE BNSF RAILWAY AVALANCHE PROGRAM, ESSEX, MONTANA, USA
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Adam M. Clark, Richard W. Steiner, David Hamre
Description: The Avalanche Hazard Index (AHI) was originally developed by Canadian Peter Schaerer in the 1970s and 1980s to assess the avalanche risk to highways m...
Object ID: ISSW2023_P2.43.pdf
Keywords: avalanche hazard index (ahi), bnsf railway, risk analysis, risk communication
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Title: UAV-BORNE GPR SNOWPACK STRATIGRAPHY
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Anna Siebenbrunner, Robert Delleske, Markus Keuschnig
Description: Current methods of snowpack stability assessment primarily rely on professional observations, mainly digging a snow pit. This technique has spatial li...
Object ID: ISSW2023_O10.03.pdf
Keywords: snowpack monitoring, gpr, uav, avalanche hazard assessment
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