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- Title: The 2017-2018 glide-snow avalanche winter above Innsbruck: A nightmare with unpredictable end for local avalanche safety control?
- Date: 2018-10-07
- Authors: Sebastian Larcher, Klaus Baumgartner, Werner Haberfellner, Christoph Mitterer
- Description: The Nordkette ski resort above Innsbruck represents the soul of its citizens and offers with its steep descents and overwhelming amount of new snow th...
- Object ID: ISSW2018_O12.9.pdf
- Keywords: glide-snow avalanches, avalanche forecasting, snowpack modeling
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- Title: Spatial and temporal analysis of fatal off-piste and backcountry avalanche accidents in Austria with a comparison of results in Switzerland, France, Italy and the US.
- Date: 2018-10-07
- Authors: Christian Pfeifer, Peter Höller, Achim Zeileis
- Description: In this article we analyze spatial and temporal patterns of fatal Austrian avalanche accidents caused by backcountry and off-piste skiers and snowboar...
- Object ID: ISSW2018_O13.1.pdf
- Keywords: snow, avalanches, accidents
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- Title: Avalanches in Bulgaria - human and nature perspective
- Date: 2018-10-07
- Authors: Momchil P. Panayotov
- Description: Avalanches were recognized as disturbance in the alpine and subalpine environment in Bulgaria. However, before the 1930s mostly forest workers were in...
- Object ID: ISSW2018_O13.5.pdf
- Keywords: avalanches, bulgaria, forests, human accidents
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- Title: Snow avalanches and accountability - Examples from Svalbard, Norway
- Date: 2018-10-07
- Authors: Hrefna Dögg Gunnarsdóttir, Holt Hancock, Markus Eckerstorfer
- Description: Nation states and local authorities involved in disaster risk reduction decision making are increasingly faced with the legal consequences of their de...
- Object ID: ISSW2018_O14.1.pdf
- Keywords: avalanches, accountability, risk-management decision making, disaster risk reduction
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- Title: NATLEFS: A snow observing tool for mountain guides in South Tyrol
- Date: 2018-10-07
- Authors: Lukas Rastner, Norbert Lanzanasto, Fabio Gheser
- Description: About 29 avalanche forecasting centres in the European Alps assess the regional avalanche danger for their area on a regular basis and inform the publ...
- Object ID: ISSW2018_P18.5.pdf
- Keywords: observing tool, avalanches, mountain guides, forecasting service
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- Title: Southcentral Alaska's Crack Problem: a 2015/16 Glide Avalanche Case Study
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Aleph Johnston-Bloom, Scott Hilliard, Wendy Wagner, Timothy Glassett, Heather Thamm
- Description: Along the Seward Highway corridor in Southcentral Alaska, the winter of 2015/16 was defined by a profound and active glide avalanche cycle. Persisting...
- Object ID: ISSW16_O3.01.pdf
- Keywords: glide avalanches, alaska, operational decision-making, message fatigue
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- Title: Unusual Dry Slab Avalanche Releases Involving Dust-on-Snow Layers in Colorado
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Zach M. Guy, Jeffrey S. Deems
- Description: In recent decades, dust-on-snow events are increasing in both frequency and geographic extent in the Western U.S. Although dust layers have gained a r...
- Object ID: ISSW16_O3.03.pdf
- Keywords: dust, slab avalanches, metamorphism, forecasting
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- Title: Comparison of Measured and Modelled Snow Cover Liquid Water Content to Improve Local Wet-Snow Avalanche Prediction
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Christoph Mitterer, Achim Heilig, Lino Schmid, Alec van Herwijnen, Olaf Eisen, Jürg Schweizer
- Description: Wet-snow avalanches can be difficult to forecast. However, recent studies have suggested that an index (LWCindex) related to the mean liquid water con...
- Object ID: ISSW16_O6.01.pdf
- Keywords: wet-snow avalanches, avalanche forecasting, liquid water content
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- Title: Operational Forecasting of Wet Snow Avalanche Activity: a Case Study for the Eastern European Alps
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Andreas Gobiet, Christoph Mitterer, Lisa Jöbstl, Walter Steinkogler, Hannes Rieder, Marc Olefs, Arnold Studeregger, Fabiano Monti, Sascha Bellaire
- Description: The prognostic operation of detailed snowpack models has recently been objective of extensive research, since many avalanche services start to move fr...
- Object ID: ISSW16_O6.02.pdf
- Keywords: forecast, wet-snow avalanches, lwcindex, snowpack
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- Title: Avalanche Forecasting in the Central Asian Countries of Afghanistan, Pakistan and Tajikistan
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Doug Chabot, Aysha Kaba
- Description: Home of the Karakorum, Hindu Kush and Pamir mountains, Central Asia has a serious avalanche hazard. A single 2012 avalanche cycle resulted in over 100...
- Object ID: ISSW16_O20.04.pdf
- Keywords: focus, avalanches, community training, weather monitoring, education
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- Title: Wet-Snow Fracture Propagation
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Ingrid Reiweger, Markus Zöchling, Martin Forster, Thomas Wiesinger, Christoph Mitterer
- Description: Fracture propagation within wet snow is a key issue in order to understand and predict wet-snow slab avalanches. In our preliminary field study we inv...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P1.33.pdf
- Keywords: wet snow, fracture propagation, wet-snow avalanches, propagation saw test
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- Title: Use of Time-Lapse Camera in the Norwegian Public Roads Administration (NPRA) to Monitor Known Release Areas for Glide Avalanches in Norway
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Julie E. Bjørlien, Njål Farestveit, Jens Tveit
- Description: Glide avalanches represent one of the major avalanche problems for the Norwegian Public Road Administration in Western Norway and are notoriously diff...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P2.35.pdf
- Keywords: glide avalanches, time-lapse photography
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- Title: What Do We Know About the Impact on the Snowpack in a Changing Climate – a Work in Progress
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Antonia Zeidler, Elena Stoll
- Description: This contributions aims at giving an overview of studies on the impact of a changing climate on the snowpack and avalanche activity. Most studies on c...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P3.08.pdf
- Keywords: climate change, avalanches, statistical methods
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- Title: The Avalanche Science Centre – The Science Programme
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Rune Engeset, Audun Hetland, Carsten Roland, Sigmund Andersen, Yngve Birkelund, Matthias Forwick, Markus Landrø, Andrea Mannberg, Bjørn Michaelsen
- Description: UiT The Arctic University of Norway is establishing the Avalanche Science Centre during the period 2015-2017. The mission of the Centre is to provide ...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P3.45.pdf
- Keywords: decision-making, human factor, avalanches
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- Title: Avalanche Consequence Lesson Plan
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Harlan L. Sheppard
- Description: This poster presentation will be on teaching Avalanche Consequence. I will introduce a new lesson plan that departs from standard techniques. The main...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P3.49.pdf
- Keywords: avalanches, avalanche education, safety
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