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Title: APPLYING THE AVALANCHE DANGER SCALE: CONSISTENCY DEPENDS MORE ON THE SITUATION THAN THE FORECASTER
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Brian Lazar, Dylan Craaybeek, Frank Techel, Simon Horton, Mike Cooperstein, Simon Trautman, Ethan Greene
Description: Public avalanche forecasts compress complex hazard assessments into a single danger level to guide backcountry recreationists' terrain choices. Danger...
Object ID: ISSW2026_O9.3.pdf
Keywords: avalanche danger scale, forecaster consistency, inter-rater reliability, judgment aggregation, avalanche problems, public avalanche forecasting
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Title: CHARACTERIZING CONSISTENCY OF SNOWPACK STABILITY ACROSS DIFFERENT OPERATIONAL MODEL CHAINS
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Martin Metzger, Michael Binder, Martin Perfler, Christoph Mitterer, Fabiano Monti
Description: Regional and site-specific avalanche forecasting increasingly relies on snowpack simulations to complement weather forecasts and sparse field observat...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P2.60.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, snowpack stability, awsome, consistency
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Title: TOWARDS IMPROVED CONSISTENCY IN ASSIGNING AVALANCHE PROBLEMS AMONGST FORECASTERS IN NORWAY
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Markus Eckerstorfer, Markus Landrø, Gustav Pless, Jostein Aasen, Karsten Müller, Solveig Kosberg
Description: Avalanche problems describe the cause and development of typical avalanche hazard situations and offer appropriate terrain management advice. Avalanch...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P1.3.pdf
Keywords: avalanche problem standardization, consistency, avalanche bulletin communication, norway
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Title: ARE WE CONSISTENT? ON ASSESSING AND COMMUNICATING THE REGIONAL AVALANCHE DANGER LEVEL ACROSS FORECASTING CENTERS IN EUROPE
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Christoph Mitterer, Friedrich Mütschele, Simon Legner, Jakob Schwarz, Alexander Kehl, Norbert Lanzanasto
Description: The avalanche danger level is vital for those engaging in backcountry activities, yet obtaining this information used to require consulting multiple s...
Object ID: ISSW2023_O5.01.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, avalanche danger level, consistency, software
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Title: THE EAWS MATRIX, A LOOK-UP TABLE FOR REGIONAL AVALANCHE DANGER LEVEL ASSESSMENT, AND ITS UNDERLYING CONCEPT
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Karsten Müller, Frank Techel, Christoph Mitterer, Thomas Feistl, Stefano Sofia, Nicolas Roux, Petter Palmgren, Guillem M. Bellido, Lorenzo Bertranda9
Description: With the motivation to increase consistency between forecasters and warning services when assessing regional avalanche danger, a working group of the ...
Object ID: ISSW2023_O5.05.pdf
Keywords: avalanche, forecasting, danger level, matrix, workflow, consistency
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Title: Consistency and Accuracy of Public Avalanche Forecasts in Western Canada
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Grant Statham, Stephen Holeczi, Bret Shandro
Description: Forecasting avalanche problems and avalanche danger is a judgmental assessment that is highly susceptible to interpretation and bias. Thus, congruency...
Object ID: ISSW2018_O17.1.pdf
Keywords: avalanche problems, danger, forecasting, consistency, accuracy
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Title: Consistency in regional avalanche forecasts: a look across borders
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Frank Techel, Elisabetta Ceaglio, Cécile Coléou, Christoph Mitterer, Samuel Morin, Ross S. Purves, Francesca Rastelli
Description: Consistency in the way avalanche hazard is communicated in avalanche forecasts is essential to avoid misinterpretations by users utilizing bulletins i...
Object ID: ISSW2018_O17.2.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, avalanche danger level, consistency, european avalanche warning services
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