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Title: Local Management of Avalanche Hazard on the Aosta Valley’s Roads and Identification of Event Scenarios
Date: 2012
Authors: Segor V., Dellavedova P., Pitet L., Sovilla B.
Description: The Region of the Aosta Valley, situated in the far north-western part of Italy, borders to the north and west with Switzerland and France. 60% of its...
Object ID: issw-2012-541-546.pdf
Keywords: roads, avalanche hazard management, event scenarios
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Title: Web Based Display of Avalanche Events Using Google Map Application Programming
Date: 2010
Authors: Robert H. Comey, Christopher McCollister
Description: Recent avalanche activity is a prime indicator of the current avalanche hazard. Knowledge of recent avalanche events and the attributes of the terrai...
Object ID: ISSW_O-035.pdf
Keywords: google map application programming, avalanche hazard, bridger-teton
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Title: Avalanche Hazard Management Without Mitigation Action
Date: 2010
Authors: Jay Bright
Description: My presentation is about my experiences at a mechanized guide service where I was hired to develop a hazard forecasting and guiding program. And how w...
Object ID: ISSW_O-037.pdf
Keywords: mitigation, avalanche hazard, stevens pass, washington
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Title: Avalanche Hazard Management at the East Toba River and Montrose Creek Hydroelectric Project, South Coast Range, British Columbia
Date: 2010
Authors: Alan Jones, Chris Stethem, Kevin Fogolin
Description: The East Toba River and Montrose Creek Hydroelectric Project is located in the South Coast Range 100 km north of Powell River, British Columbia. The p...
Object ID: ISSW_O-052.pdf
Keywords: hydroelectric, avalanche hazard, mitigation, deflection berm
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Title: Avalanche Activity on US Highway 12
Date: 2010
Authors: Mick Riffie
Description: US 12 in Idaho runs east from Lewiston, Idaho to the Montana border at Lolo Pass and on to Missoula. Travelling east of the town of Kooskia, the highw...
Object ID: ISSW_P-097.pdf
Keywords: avalanche hazard, us highway 12, kooskia
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Title: Use of the Models Safran-Crocus-Mepra in Operational Avalanche Forecasting
Date: 2009
Authors: C. Coléou, G. Giraud, Y. Danielou, J.L. Dumas, C. Gendre, E. Pougatch
Description: Avalanche forecast is based on the observation of weather conditions and follow-up snow cover. The workstation “Poste_Nivologie”, operati...
Object ID: issw-2009-0341-0345.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecast, modelling, avalanche hazard
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Title: Evolving Public Uses and the General Avalanche Forecast
Date: 2009
Authors: Robert H. Comey, Christopher M. McCollister
Description: Improvements in equipment and easy access from ski resorts and mountain highways are changing backcountry travel habits. Extreme terrain that was his...
Object ID: issw-2009-0375-0378.pdf
Keywords: avalanche hazard forecast, extreme terrain, avalanche awareness
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Title: The Solid Ortho-Image: A New Tool to Identify Avalanche Terrains
Date: 2009
Authors: Danilo Godone, Margherita Maggioni, Michele Freppaz
Description: In mountain areas the correct identification of avalanche terrains is mandatory in order to avoid, or at least prevent, avalanche accidents in inhabit...
Object ID: issw-2009-0454-0457.pdf
Keywords: image analysis, land planning, avalanche hazard, geographic information systems (gis)
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Title: Identification of Areas Potentially Affected by Extreme Snow Avalanche Combining Expert Rules, Flow-Routing Algorithms and Statistical Analysis
Date: 2009
Authors: Matteo Pagliardi, Massimiliano Barbolini, Paolo Corradeghini, Francesco Ferro
Description: An innovative methodology to perform avalanche hazard mapping that combines open source GIS tools, expert rules, computational routines, and statisti...
Object ID: issw-2009-0468-0471.pdf
Keywords: snow avalanche, hazard mapping, grass geographic information systems (gis), flow-routing algorithm, run-out angle
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Title: Regional Methods for Snow Avalanche Prediction: The Case of Italian Alps
Date: 2009
Authors: Daniele Bocchiola
Description: Regional statistical methods carry considerable bearing on prediction of natural events with low frequency of occurrence, including snow avalanches. ...
Object ID: issw-2009-0505-0508.pdf
Keywords: avalanche hazard, regional methods, long term simulation, italian alps
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Title: The Current State of Avalanche Risk Analysis and Hazard Mapping in Uzbekistan
Date: 2009
Authors: Eleonora Semakova, Sergey Myagkov, Richard L. Armstrong
Description: This paper includes new results of avalanche mapping in Uzbekistan. The avalanche caused damage distribution in Uzbekistan is presented. The descript...
Object ID: issw-2009-0509-0513.pdf
Keywords: potential danger territories, avalanche risk, avalanche hazard mapping
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Title: A Practical Use of Historical Data to Mitigate Worker Exposure to Avalanche Hazard
Date: 2008-09-25
Authors: Jake Elkins, Bob Comey, Chris McCollister, Mike Rheam
Description: In the forty-one seasons of avalanche mitigation at the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, avalanche hazard reduction routes have been run from the top dow...
Object ID: P__8139.pdf
Keywords: avalanche hazard mitigation, historical database, geographic information systems (gis)
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Title: Avalanche Hazard Mapping for Snowmobiles and Other Winter Trail Users
Date: 2008-09-22
Authors: Bob Comey, Chris McCollister
Description: Snowmobilers have become the most likely user group in the United States to become involved in a fatal avalanche (Utah Avalanche Center, 2008). Greate...
Object ID: P__8137.pdf
Keywords: avalanche hazard mapping, snowmobile trails, geographic information systems (gis)
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Title: Application and Limitations of Dynamic Models for Snow Avalanche Hazard Mapping
Date: 2008-09-22
Authors: Bruce Jamieson, Stefan Margreth, Alan Jones
Description: Dynamic models, initially based on fluid flow, have been used since the 1950s for modelling the motion and runout of extreme snow avalanches. The fric...
Object ID: P__8052.pdf
Keywords: snow avalanche, hazard mapping, runout, dynamic model, uncertainty, friction coefficients
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Title: Values at Risk Due to Avalanche and Rock Fall Hazard in Norway
Date: 2008-09-22
Authors: Christian Jaedicke, Kalle Kronholm
Description: More than 6.7 % of the Norwegian land area features terrain steeper than 30 degrees. It is commonly assumed that these areas can be the source for bot...
Object ID: P__8130.pdf
Keywords: avalanche, hazard, risk, danger
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