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Title: SHALLOW BUT STILL LONG: PECULIAR AVALANCHE ACTIVITY IN NORTHERN NORWAY: Date: 2026-09-28; Authors: Matrin Ahrland Stefan, Holt Hancock, Peter Gauer; Description: Between December 3rd and 4th, 2025 some peculiar natural avalanches occurred in Tverrbotn adjacent to the Andersdalen valley, approx. 20 km south of T...; Object ID: ISSW2026_P4.26.pdf; Keywords: shallow avalanches, field observations, avalanche modeling.; View additional details about SHALLOW BUT STILL LONG: PECULIAR AVALANCHE ACTIVITY IN NORTHERN NORWAY

Title: CHARACTERIZING REGIONAL AVALANCHE DANGER LEVELS USING FIELD OBSERVATIONS OF SNOW INSTABILITY IN NORWAY: Date: 2024-09-23; Authors: Simon Grüter, Markus Eckerstorfer, Ingrid Reiweger; Description: Field observations of signs of instability are important sources of information when assigning the regional avalanche danger level. In an effort to ...; Object ID: ISSW2024_P1.16.pdf; Keywords: snow instability signs, avalanche danger levels, field observations, avalanche forecasting; View additional details about CHARACTERIZING REGIONAL AVALANCHE DANGER LEVELS USING FIELD OBSERVATIONS OF SNOW INSTABILITY IN NORWAY

Title: LOADING ON STRUCTURES FROM FLUIDIZED AVALANCHE FRONTS OVERFLOWING DEFLECTING DAMS AT FLATEYRI, ICELAND, JANUARY 2020: Date: 2024-09-23; Authors: Kristín Martha Hákonardóttir, Ragnar Lárusson, Árni Kristjánsson, Gunnlaugur Pétursson; Description: This study back-calculates impact pressures in two dry slab avalanches that were released on a 700 m high mountain above the village of Flateyri in No...; Object ID: ISSW2024_P7.10.pdf; Keywords: snow avalanches; powder-snow avalanches; snow avalanche deposit; fluidized front; field observations; View additional details about LOADING ON STRUCTURES FROM FLUIDIZED AVALANCHE FRONTS OVERFLOWING DEFLECTING DAMS AT FLATEYRI, ICELAND, JANUARY 2020

Title: Key to Success for the Norwegian Avalanche Center: Merging of Theoretical and Practical Knowhow: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: Solveig Kosberg, Karsten MÃ¼ller, Markus LandrÃ¸, Ragnar Ekker, Rune Engeset; Description: Norway has chosen a quite practical approach to avalanche forecasting. Field observations from the more than 50 professional observers are very import...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-21.pdf; Keywords: avalanche forecasting, field observations, practical knowhow, training; View additional details about Key to Success for the Norwegian Avalanche Center: Merging of Theoretical and Practical Knowhow

Title: Insights into the It Depends Quantitative Explorations of the Assessment Expertise of Mountain Guides: Date: 2010; Authors: Pascal Haegeli, Roger Atkins; Description: Unavailable; Object ID: ISSW_O-022.pdf; Keywords: decision-making, expertise, field observations, terrain, avalanche character; View additional details about Insights into the It Depends Quantitative Explorations of the Assessment Expertise of Mountain Guides

Title: Predicting the Avalanche Danger Level From Field Observations: Date: 2010; Authors: JÃ¼rg Schweizer; Description: As public avalanche forecasts are done for large regions, backcountry travelers cannot simply rely on the bulletin as local conditions may be differen...; Object ID: ISSW_O-030.pdf; Keywords: field observations, danger level, avalanche, switzerland, whumpf; View additional details about Predicting the Avalanche Danger Level From Field Observations

Title: Can Field Observations be Combined Systematically With the Regional Danger Rating to Estimate the Local Avalanche Danger?: Date: 2008-09-23; Authors: Bruce Jamieson, Pascal Haegeli; Description: Snow avalanche danger can vary considerably within the large forecast regions in western Canada. Experienced recreationists routinely use the regional...; Object ID: P__8171.pdf; Keywords: avalanche forecasting, snowpack tests, field observations, classification trees, avalanche danger, scale issues; View additional details about Can Field Observations be Combined Systematically With the Regional Danger Rating to Estimate the Local Avalanche Danger?