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Title: AVALANCHE SCENARIO MAPS: FROM TERRAIN IDENTIFICATION TO DECISION SUPPORT TOOL
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Christoph Hesselbach, Jakob Schwarz, Paula Spannring, Anna Wirbel, Andreas Huber, Michael Winkler, Christoph Mitterer, Harald Riedl, Jan-Thomas Fischer
Description: Site-specific avalanche warning requires spatially explicit estimates of where avalanches may release, how they may propagate, and what size they may ...
Object ID: ISSW2026_FS2.3.pdf
Keywords: avalanche terrain identification, avalanche scenario maps, site-specific avalanche warning, avalanche size, avalanche simulation, decision support
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Title: A CONSEQUENCE ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK FOR SITE-SPECIFIC ROAD AVALANCHE WARNING IN NORWAY
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Markus Eckerstorfer, Emil Solbakken, Halgeir Dahle, Tore Humstad, Njål Farestveit, Jens Øyen Tveit, Eivind Schnell Juvik, Dag Theodor Røsvik Andreassen
Description: Site-specific avalanche warning for roads is a risk-reducing measure that combines an assessment of avalanche likelihood with an impact-based assessme...
Object ID: ISSW2026_O2.1.pdf
Keywords: site-specific avalanche warning, consequence assessment, road avalanche risk, residual risk, impact-based forecasting
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Title: REVISING THE EUROPEAN AVALANCHE DANGER SCALE: PROCESS, FINAL PROPOSAL, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PUBLIC COMMUNICATION
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Karsten Müller, Frank Techel, Christoph Mitterer, Philip A. Ebert, Ben Reuter, Veronika Krieger, Igor Chiambretti, Anne Dufour, Guillem M. Bellido, Lorenzo Bertranda
Description: The European Avalanche Danger Scale (EADS) is the central framework for communicating regional avalanche danger in Europe. Since its introduction in 1...
Object ID: ISSW2026_O3.3.pdf
Keywords: avalanche danger scale; avalanche hazard; risk communication; avalanche forecasting; eaws; european avalanche warning services
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Title: EXPERIENCES ON EFFECTIVE APPLICATIONS OF SITE-SPECIFIC AVALANCHE WARNING IN AVALANCHE RISK MANAGEMENT
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Christian Jaedicke, Holt Hancock, Piotr Kupiszewski, Steinar Bakkehøi
Description: Avalanche warning as a mitigation measure was introduced in Norway when the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute's (NGI) avalanche research station at Fon...
Object ID: ISSW2026_O5.7.pdf
Keywords: avalanche warning, risk management, risk communication
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Title: MOBILE DRONE DOCKING STATIONS TO SUPPORT SITE-SPECIFIC AVALANCHE OBSERVATIONS AND FORECASTING
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Halgeir Dahle, Ruben Jacobsen, Knut Inge Orset, Tore Humstad
Description: During periods of elevated avalanche hazard, field observations may be restricted due to safety concerns, limited accessibility, or rapidly changing c...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P3.21.pdf
Keywords: site-specific forecasting, road avalanche warning, mobile drone station, autonomous
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Title: SITE SPECIFIC WARNING POLLFJELLET AKA "THE AVALANCHE MACHINE", THE SIGNIFICANCE OF A METEOROLOGICAL ANALYSIS
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Kristin Brandtsegg Lome, Hallvard Skaare Nordbrøden, Siiri Wickström, Nils Arne Kavli Walberg
Description: The mountain “Pollfjellet” in Lyngen municipality has several avalanche paths, and a radar is installed as a mitigation measure to detect avalanch...
Object ID: ISSW2024_O1.1.pdf
Keywords: site-specific, avalanche warning, meteorological condition
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Title: APPLICATION AND EVALUATION OF THE EAWS GUIDELINES FOR SITE-SPECIFIC AVALANCHE WARNING
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Dr. Christian Jaedicke, Dr. Fabiano Monti, Paola Dellavedova, Lukas Stoffel, Sergio Azzarello, Toni Molné
Description: The EAWS (European Avalanche Warning Services) recommendations for site-specific avalanche warning were officially adopted in 2022. The guidelines pro...
Object ID: ISSW2024_O1.2.pdf
Keywords: avalanche warning, site-specific, risk management, eaws
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Title: REPEATED UAS LIDAR SCANNING OF SNOW SURFACE TO SUPPORT SITE-SPECIFIC AVALANCHE WARNING
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Emil Solbakken
Description: Site-specific avalanche warning often involves assessment of avalanche hazard in remote avalanche paths with limited observations of relevant snowpack...
Object ID: ISSW2024_O1.5.pdf
Keywords: lidar, uas, site-specific avalanche warning
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Title: LOOKING BACK AT THE LAST 15 YEARS OF OPERATIONAL AVALANCHE WARNING WITH THE SNOWPACK MODEL IN SWITZERLAND
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Mathias Bavay, Nander Wever, Charles Fierz, Michael Lehning
Description: From the start, the SNOWPACK model was created to address the needs of the avalanche warning in Switzerland based on a large network of Automatic Weat...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P1.2.pdf
Keywords: numerical modeling, snowpack, operational, avalanche warning, automatic weather station
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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: WHERE TO PUT THE WEATHER STATION? OPTIMIZING THE LOCATION FOR AUTOMATED SNOW DEPTH MEASUREMENTS BASED ON REMOTE SENSING, AVALANCHE MODELING AND TERRAIN CHARACTERISTICS
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Yves Buhler, Andreas Stoffel, David Liechti
Description: Automated weather stations (AWS) measuring snow-related parameters are essential for avalanche warning in many regions. Key data include new snow accu...
Object ID: ISSW2024_O8.10.pdf
Keywords: weather station, spatial variability, remote sensing, snow depth, hazard indication mapping, avalanche warning
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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: VISION ZERO: COLLABORATIVE PROJECT TO REDUCE AVALANCHE ACCIDENTS IN LYNGEN, NORTHERN NORWAY
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Emma Julseth Barfod, Audun Hetland, Markus Landrø
Description: Avalanche accidents are an increasing problem in Troms, Norway, particularly on the Lyngen peninsula. Every year, the tourism industry sees a growing ...
Object ID: ISSW2024_O12.6.pdf
Keywords: avalanche warning, tourism, avalanche mitigation, app, guide meetings
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Title: A PROCESS-BASED DEFINITION OF SITE-SPECIFIC AVALANCHE WARNING
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Christian Jaedicke, Fabiano Monti, Paola Dellavedova, Lukas Stoffel, Sergio Azzarello, Toni Molné
Description: The definition of site-specific avalanche warning is based on the process of assessing the probability of an avalanche to release in one or several sp...
Object ID: ISSW2023_P1.15.pdf
Keywords: avalanche warning, site-specific, regional, local, european avalanche warning services
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