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Title: What Does Your Gut Say and Should You Listen? The Intuitive-Analytical Decision Making Continuum in Mechanized Ski Guiding: Date: 2010; Authors: Iain Stewart-Patterson; Description: Decision-making in avalanche terrain is a complex process. Professional guides have well developed strategies to help them navigate through the challe...; Object ID: ISSW_O-024.pdf; Keywords: avalanche terrain, snowpack, mechanized skiing, decision-making; View additional details about What Does Your Gut Say and Should You Listen? The Intuitive-Analytical Decision Making Continuum in Mechanized Ski Guiding

Title: Portable Road Weatr Information System: Fabrication and Uses of Autonomous Weather Stations Deployed For Atmospheric Date Collection: Date: 2010; Authors: Brett Hansen, Matt McKee, Craig Patterson, Ralph Patterson; Description: The collection of accurate real-time atmospheric data is of paramount importance when working in an operational setting. Both the current and historic...; Object ID: ISSW_P-019.pdf; Keywords: avalanche forecasting, weather forecasting, decision making, portable weather station; View additional details about Portable Road Weatr Information System: Fabrication and Uses of Autonomous Weather Stations Deployed For Atmospheric Date Collection

Title: Implications of Recent Research in the Fields of Evolutionary Psychology and Cognitive Biology for Avalanche Safety Education: Date: 2010; Authors: David M. Sweet; Description: Since its inception the goal of avalanche safety education has been to reduce or eliminate avalanche fatalities and injuries. Education about avalanch...; Object ID: ISSW_P-033.pdf; Keywords: avalanche safety, decision making, cognitive biology, evolutionary psychology; View additional details about Implications of Recent Research in the Fields of Evolutionary Psychology and Cognitive Biology for Avalanche Safety Education

Title: Group Dynamics and Decision Making: Backcountry Recreationists in Avalanche Terrain: Date: 2010; Authors: L. Shay Bright; Description: Although avalanche literature emphasizes group communication and decision making, little empirical evidence exists regarding how these groups communic...; Object ID: ISSW_P-035.pdf; Keywords: decision making, group dynamics, backcountry recreationists, avalanche terrain, leadership; View additional details about Group Dynamics and Decision Making: Backcountry Recreationists in Avalanche Terrain

Title: Evaluation of the Avaluator Decision-Support Tool for Canadian Accidents: 1997-2009: Date: 2010; Authors: Dave Gauthier; Description: The Avaluatorâ„¢ is a rule-based avalanche decision-support tool for amateur backcountry recreationists, published by the Canadian Avalanche Centr...; Object ID: ISSW_P-036.pdf; Keywords: fatalities, avalanche accidents, avaluator decision, canadian avalanche centre, trip planner; View additional details about Evaluation of the Avaluator Decision-Support Tool for Canadian Accidents: 1997-2009

Title: Applying New Uncertainty Related Theories and Multicriteria Decision Analysis Methods to Snow Avalanche Risk Management: Date: 2010; Authors: Jean-Marc Tacnet, Mireille Batton-Hubert, Jean Dezert, Didier Richard; Description: Making the best decision in the event of a snow avalanche encounters problems in the assessment and management process because of the lack of informat...; Object ID: ISSW_P-040.pdf; Keywords: snow avalanches, risk management, expert judgement, reliability, uncertainty, decision making, multicriteria decision analysis, analytic hierarchy process (ahp), information fusion, fuzzy sets theory, possibility theory, evidence theory, dempster shafer t; View additional details about Applying New Uncertainty Related Theories and Multicriteria Decision Analysis Methods to Snow Avalanche Risk Management

Title: Compiling and Studying Professional Avalanche Worker Incident Data to Improve Worker Safety: Date: 2010; Authors: Ron Simenhois, Scotty Savage; Description: Avalanche professionals work in a hazardous alpine environment, often under physical and emotional stress. Working in an uncertain, stressful, and ris...; Object ID: ISSW_P-044.pdf; Keywords: avalanche, avalanche safety, risk managment, decision-making errors, snowpack, weather; View additional details about Compiling and Studying Professional Avalanche Worker Incident Data to Improve Worker Safety

Title: Is Going From Snow Avalanche Analysis to Decision Making Different for Snow Scientists or Practitioners? Overview of the Two Contexts.: Date: 2010; Authors: SÃ©ba stien Escande, Dominique LÃ©tang; Description: Snow avalanche analysis is needed either for experts to reduce the risk for people and assets at risk or for skiers and alpinists to choose the best w...; Object ID: ISSW_P-050.pdf; Keywords: snow avalanche analysis, decision making, snow scientists, snow practitioners, mountain guides; View additional details about Is Going From Snow Avalanche Analysis to Decision Making Different for Snow Scientists or Practitioners? Overview of the Two Contexts.

Title: Ethics of Experimenting With People's Lives in Winter Backcountry: Date: 2010; Authors: Bob Uttl, Dylan Smibert, Alain Morin, Gregory Wells, Jan Uttl, Breanne Hamper; Description: The purpose of the Avaluator Avalanche Accident Prevention Card, designed by Haegeli and McCammon (2006) and published by the Canadian Avalanche Assoc...; Object ID: ISSW_P-055.pdf; Keywords: ethics, avaluator avalanche accident prevention card, accident prevention, risk reduction tools, risk, decision making; View additional details about Ethics of Experimenting With People's Lives in Winter Backcountry

Title: Avalanche Patterns as Aid in Avalanche Forecasting: Date: 2009; Authors: Patrick Nairz; Description: Everyone who deals with avalanches over long periods of time automatically draws upon that experience when determining avalanche hazards. The principl...; Object ID: issw-2009-0389-0390.pdf; Keywords: avalanche pattern, avalanche forecasting, decision making; View additional details about Avalanche Patterns as Aid in Avalanche Forecasting

Title: Intuition, Recognition and Patterns â€“ Decision-Making by Mountain Guides in Avalanche Situations: Date: 2009; Authors: Jan Mersch, Anton KÃ¼hberger; Description: The community of professional mountain guides is an expert group in the field of avalanche danger. In a naturalistic decision making framework we stu...; Object ID: issw-2009-0606-0609.pdf; Keywords: naturalistic decision making, critical decision method, recognition primed decisions, intuition, avalanche risk management; View additional details about Intuition, Recognition and Patterns â€“ Decision-Making by Mountain Guides in Avalanche Situations

Title: Avalanche Hazard and Visitor Numbers- A Study in Lochaber, Scotland: Date: 2009; Authors: Grahma Moss; Description: Avalanche hazard in Scotland is characterized by rapidly changing weather, rugged topography and a snowpack shaped above all by wind. Avalanche foreca...; Object ID: issw-2009-0628-0632.pdf; Keywords: avalanche forecast, decision making process, scotland, mountain visitor numbers; View additional details about Avalanche Hazard and Visitor Numbers- A Study in Lochaber, Scotland

Title: Apprehension of Avalanche Risk and Decision Making Process in a Mediumhigh Mountain Range. The Case of the Vosges (France): Date: 2009; Authors: Florie Giacona, Brice Martin; Description: Mentioning avalanche risk in the Vosges generally causes a certain incredulity for this range of modest height and its irregular snowfalls. However, ...; Object ID: issw-2009-0633-0635.pdf; Keywords: avalanche, sluff, vulnerability, decision-making, medium-high mountain, representation; View additional details about Apprehension of Avalanche Risk and Decision Making Process in a Mediumhigh Mountain Range. The Case of the Vosges (France)

Title: Human Factors in Avalanche Accidents: Evolution and Interventions: Date: 2009; Authors: Ian McCammon; Description: Errors in judgement have long been identified as key contributors to backcountry avalanche accidents. Our understanding of human error in avalanche t...; Object ID: issw-2009-0644-0648.pdf; Keywords: avalanche accidents, human factor, human error, education, decision making; View additional details about Human Factors in Avalanche Accidents: Evolution and Interventions

Title: How Do Leadership Styles Cope With the Impact of Human Factors in Decision Making in Risky Terrain?: Date: 2009; Authors: M. FÃ¶rster; Description: As people are a major source of risk and the least predictable, it seems important to look at the different ways how we can cope with this risk. Sever...; Object ID: issw-2009-0649-0653.pdf; Keywords: leadership, human factors, risk, decision-making, training, gender; View additional details about How Do Leadership Styles Cope With the Impact of Human Factors in Decision Making in Risky Terrain?

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