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Title: CHARACTERIZING DIFFERENCES AMONG AUTOMATED AVALANCHE TERRAIN MAPPING APPROACHES: A MULTI-INSTITUTION COMPARISON AT ROGERS PASS, CANADA: Date: 2026-09-28; Authors: John Sykes, Stephan Harvey, Paula Spannring, Christoph Hesselbach, Kalin Markov, Pascal Haegeli, Grant Statham; Description: Automated avalanche terrain mapping has become an established approach for communicating avalanche terrain exposure to public and professional backcou...; Object ID: ISSW2026_FS2.7.pdf; Keywords: automated avalanche terrain mapping, avalanche terrain exposure scale (ates), runout simulation, model comparison; View additional details about CHARACTERIZING DIFFERENCES AMONG AUTOMATED AVALANCHE TERRAIN MAPPING APPROACHES: A MULTI-INSTITUTION COMPARISON AT ROGERS PASS, CANADA

Title: ABUNDANCE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND DATA PRODUCING THE AVALANCHE BULLETIN: WHAT ROLE DOES DIRECT OBSERVATION IN THE FIELD PLAY?: Date: 2024-09-23; Authors: Faletto Mattia, Pivot Stefano, Chiambretti Igor, Bormioli Daniele; Description: Technology lets us quickly process information to produce increasingly accurate and detailed avalanche forecasts. However, a good forecast cannot be m...; Object ID: ISSW2024_P1.22.pdf; Keywords: field evaluation comparison, wandering snowpack observations, avalanche forecasting, regional avalanche bulletin; View additional details about ABUNDANCE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND DATA PRODUCING THE AVALANCHE BULLETIN: WHAT ROLE DOES DIRECT OBSERVATION IN THE FIELD PLAY?

Title: INITIALIZING AND EVALUATING SNOWPACK SIMULATIONS WITH RECURRING SNOW PROFILE OBSERVATIONS: Date: 2024-09-23; Authors: Michael Binder, Martin Perfler, Florian Herla, Frank Techel, Christoph Mitterer; Description: Information on snow stratigraphy and stability is crucial in avalanche forecasting. Traditionally, this information has been obtained by manually obs...; Object ID: ISSW2024_O3.10.pdf; Keywords: snowpack simulations, snow profiles, profile comparison, weather station, numerical weather prediction models, snow profile alignment and similarity assessment; View additional details about INITIALIZING AND EVALUATING SNOWPACK SIMULATIONS WITH RECURRING SNOW PROFILE OBSERVATIONS

Title: COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT STABILITY TESTS REGARDING THEIR UTILITY FOR SNOWPACK STABILITY ASSESSMENTS IN GUIDING OPERATIONS: Date: 2024-09-23; Authors: Anna Heuberger, Ingrid Reiweger; Description: Guiding operations in commercial helicopter skiing mostly depend on their own manual stability tests for snowpack stability assessment. With limited...; Object ID: ISSW2024_P3.10.pdf; Keywords: stability tests, fracture character, snowpack properties, test comparison; View additional details about COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT STABILITY TESTS REGARDING THEIR UTILITY FOR SNOWPACK STABILITY ASSESSMENTS IN GUIDING OPERATIONS

Title: CROSS-COMPARISON OF SELECTED AVALANCHE OBSERVATIONS: Date: 2023-10-08; Authors: Peter Gauer; Description: In many mountainous regions, snow avalanches are severe threats to the population and their infrastructure. Delimitation of avalanche endangered areas...; Object ID: ISSW2023_P1.52.pdf; Keywords: avalanche observations, full-scale measurements, cross-comparison; View additional details about CROSS-COMPARISON OF SELECTED AVALANCHE OBSERVATIONS

Title: Testing and comparing a new 1.4 GHz coaxial sensor for liquid water content in snow: Date: 2018-10-07; Authors: Jean-Benoit Madore, Alex Mavrovic, Alexandre Langlois, Jacob LalibertÃ©, Alain Royer; Description: Liquid water in snow is an important metric for the evaluation of the snowpack physical processes. The percolation of water from rain and melt can lea...; Object ID: ISSW2018_P07.8.pdf; Keywords: lwc, microwave measurement, water percolation, instruments comparison; View additional details about Testing and comparing a new 1.4 GHz coaxial sensor for liquid water content in snow

Title: Selected Observations From Avalanche Measurements at the Ryggfonn Test Site and Comparisons with Observations From Other Locations: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Peter Gauer; Description: Selected observations from the full-scale avalanche test site Ryggfonn, Norway, like front velocity, runout distance, or pressure distributions, are p...; Object ID: ISSW16_P4.40.pdf; Keywords: avalanche observations, comparison, hazard mapping; View additional details about Selected Observations From Avalanche Measurements at the Ryggfonn Test Site and Comparisons with Observations From Other Locations

Title: Throttle Decisions: An Example of Furthering Avalanche Awareness in the Mountain Snowmobile Community Through Use of Social Comparison: Date: 2014-09-29; Authors: Jeremy Hanke, Carole Savage; Description: In 2011, the Search and Rescue Secretariat funded a three-year Mountain Snowmobiler Avalanche Incident Prevention Project through the Search an...; Object ID: ISSW14_paper_P4.37.pdf; Keywords: mountain snowmobiling; education; film; social comparison theory; View additional details about Throttle Decisions: An Example of Furthering Avalanche Awareness in the Mountain Snowmobile Community Through Use of Social Comparison

Title: A Snow Stratigraphy Comparison with the Ramsonde and Thin-Blade Penetrometer: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: Christopher DeVito, Andrea Tupy, Brandon Gonzales; Description: Variations in snow density and bond strength throughout a seasonal snow pack play a major role in the formation of avalanches. Various mechanisms and ...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-28.pdf; Keywords: ramsonde, thin-blade penetrometer, tool comparison; View additional details about A Snow Stratigraphy Comparison with the Ramsonde and Thin-Blade Penetrometer