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Title: QUANTITATIVELY CAPTURING DECISION-MAKING PRACTICES OF MECHANIZED SKI GUIDES USING GPS TRACKING, AVALANCHE TERRAIN MODELING AND BAYESIAN NETWORKS
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: John Sykes, Pascal Haegeli, Roger Atkins, Patrick Mair, Yves Bühler
Description: Snow avalanches are the primary mountain hazard for mechanized skiing operations. Helicopter and snow-cat ski guides are tasked with finding safe terr...
Object ID: ISSW2023_O3.03.pdf
Keywords: decision-making, avalanche terrain modelling, gps tracking, mechanized skiing, backcountry
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Title: QUANTIFYING THE IMPACT OF NEW DATA STREAMS IN AVALANCHE FORECASTING
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Alex Haddad, Jordy Hendrikx, Tore Humstad, Emil Solbakken, Jerry Johnson, Eric A. Sproles
Description: Data used by forecasters is typically collected using weather stations, manual field-based observations (e.g., avalanche events, snow profiles, stabil...
Object ID: ISSW2023_O4.07.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, decision-making, remote sensing, uav
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Title: SPECIALIZED PROBABILISTIC MOUNTAIN WEATHER FORECASTS IN SUPPORT OF SNOW SAFETY AND AVALANCHE MITIGATION EFFORTS
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Michael E. Wessler, David Church, Allister Martinelli
Description: The National Weather Service (NWS) Weather Forecast Office (WFO) in Salt Lake City has a longstanding public-private partnership with the Utah Departm...
Object ID: ISSW2023_P1.35.pdf
Keywords: weather forecast, probabilistic forecast, operational forecast, national weather service, decision support, bias correction
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Title: STRUCTURED RISK MITIGATION DISCUSSION IN AN INFORMAL MOMENT: THE HOW AND WHEN OF HUCKEM
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Steven Conger
Description: During avalanche risk management, we acknowledge uncertainty's presence; and reduce it where possible by influencing the likelihood or destructive siz...
Object ID: ISSW2023_P1.36.pdf
Keywords: risk communication, decision-making, uncertainty, recreation, acceptable risk, human factors, group dynamics, group check tool, avalanche prevention
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Title: THE AIARE BACKCOUNTRY DECISION-MAKING GUIDE: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF WHEN, WHERE, AND HOW IT IS USED
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: R. Lee Frazer, J. Aaron Ball
Description: Many avalanche professionals find decision aids or support tools useful to avalanche risk assessment. By extension, avalanche educators often employ t...
Object ID: ISSW2023_P1.39.pdf
Keywords: decision-making, avalanche education, risk management, decision support tool, risk assessment, avalanche safety
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Title: INSIGHTS ON HOW AVALANCHE FORECAST USERS COMBINE DANGER RATINGS WITH STEEPNESS TO ASSESS THE AVALANCHE RISK OF INDIVIDUAL SLOPES DURING TRIP PLANNING
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Pascal Haegeli, Christoph Mitterer, Thomas Stucki, Matthias Walcher, Reto Rupf
Description: Several recent studies have examined avalanche forecast users' ability to understand the provided hazard information, but they have so far not evaluat...
Object ID: ISSW2023_P1.40.pdf
Keywords: risk communication, decision-making, avalanche forecast users, survey study
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Title: CRISTAL: A FRAMEWORK AND TOOLS FOR RESPONSIBLE DECISION-MAKING
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Frédéric Pourraz, Alain Duclos, Gregory Coubat
Description: As avalanche triggering is impossible to predict fairly and accurately, risk assessment is still too much influenced by so-called "human factors". Suc...
Object ID: ISSW2023_P1.42.pdf
Keywords: decision-making, criteria, vigilance mode, avoiding any surprise effect.
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Title: AVALANCHE TRANSCEIVER USE AMONG BACKCOUNTRY TRAVELERS IN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO, USA
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: John T. Unger
Description: Carrying an avalanche transceiver as part of standard avalanche safety gear during backcountry recreation or travel can increase the chances of rescue...
Object ID: ISSW2023_P1.44.pdf
Keywords: safety equipment, decision making, recreation, education
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Title: SNOW SEANCE: OPERATING BETWEEN THE BOUNDS OF INTENTION AND INTUITION
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Alexander Vasarab
Description: Avalanche accident reports are rife with the familiar setup: multiple riders caught, some or all buried and killed, at the bottom of a slope containin...
Object ID: ISSW2023_P1.45.pdf
Keywords: decision-making, human factors, lexicon, terminology
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Title: AUTOMATIC CRUX DETECTION FOR PLANNING BACKCOUNTRY TOURS IN AVALANCHE TERRAIN
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Stephan Harvey, Cyrill Hänni, Noel Boos, Jorim Urner
Description: For travelling in the backcountry, good planning is crucial. Besides the current weather and avalanche forecast, terrain characteristics must be asses...
Object ID: ISSW2023_O8.02.pdf
Keywords: avalanche terrain, crux detection, avalanche hazard mapping, white risk, backcountry tour planning, decision making
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Title: WHERE DO WE GO? CONTEXTUAL FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO DAY TOUR CHOICES AMONG BACKCOUNTRY SKIERS AND RIDERS
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Eeva Latosuo, Eeva Mäkelä
Description: Understanding how people make decisions in the avalanche environment is critical to support their personal risk management. Decision-making in the ava...
Object ID: ISSW2023_O8.03.pdf
Keywords: decision-making, contextual factors, user research
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Title: THE EVOLUTION OF RISK PERCEPTION ASSOCIATED WITH LOW-PROBABILITY-HIGH-CONSEQUENCE EVENTS
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Terry Eyland
Description: During the 2022-23 winter in western Canada, most avalanche fatalities were attributed to the early season, deeply buried persistent weak layer (PWL)...
Object ID: ISSW2023_O8.05.pdf
Keywords: risk perception, negative event feedback, avalanche education, decision making, trend effects, human error
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Title: APRIL-FOOLED IN THE FLATHEAD: THE HAZARD OF LATE-SEASON PERSISTENT WEAK LAYERS
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Cameron J.Johnson, Blase A. Reardon
Description: The Flathead Avalanche Center in northwest Montana has seen a spike in late-season near-misses and accidents. Surprisingly, many incidents have involv...
Object ID: ISSW2023_P2.16.pdf
Keywords: avalanche accidents, near-surface persistent weak layers, decision-making
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Title: THE AVGAR; A DECISION MAKING TOOL FOR THE ASSESSMENT AND DEPLOYMENT OF AVALANCHE SEARCH AND RESCUE MISSIONS
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Michael Ackerman, Jonathan Wilson
Description: We've experienced an uptick of complicated, avalanche SAR (AvSAR) missions in the US. Teams in Colorado have faced a rash of difficult rescues and rec...
Object ID: ISSW2023_P2.58.pdf
Keywords: avalanche rescue, decision making, risk assessment, hazard management, exposure scale
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Title: APPLYING THE MODIFIED OODA (M-OODA) IN AVALANCHE RESCUE
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Jake Hutchinson
Description: There is no script for avalanche rescue, each situation is unique and both tragic and successful outcomes provide opportunity to learn and improve. Bo...
Object ID: ISSW2023_P2.63.pdf
Keywords: avalanche rescue, decision making framework, ooda loop, m-ooda loop
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