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Title: AVALANCHE FATALITIES IN RELATION TO THE COVERAGE OF RECREATIONAL AVALANCHE FORECASTS IN THE UNITED STATES
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Spencer Logan, Ethan Greene, Simon Trautman
Description: In the United States, avalanche forecasts for backcountry recreation are issued by a group of local and regional programs known as avalanche centers....
Object ID: ISSW2024_P1.11.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, avalanche accidents, spatial analysis, forecast coverage, forecast zone size
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Title: ESTABLISHING AN OPERATIONAL WEATHER & SNOWPACK MODEL CHAIN IN NORWAY TO SUPPORT AVALANCHE FORECASTING
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Florian Herla, Aron Widforss, Michael Binder, Karsten Müller, Simon Horton, Michael Reisecker, Christoph Mitterer
Description: Avalanche forecasts in Norway cover vast regions with sparse weather and snowpack observations, creating significant challenges for accurate hazard as...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P1.15.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, snowpack modeling, large-scale operational model chain, awsome
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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
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Title: SITE-SPECIFIC PROBALISTIC FORECAST FOR AVALANCHES IN HOLMBUKTURA, LYNGEN, NORWAY
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Benjamin Sigbjørnsen, Eivind S. Juvik
Description: Local avalanche forecasting in Norway today is a manual warning issued by a forecaster based on observations of the snow quality and the weather, weat...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P1.20.pdf
Keywords: probabilistic forecasting, ensemble model, random forests, avalanches
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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
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Title: EVALUATION OF THE TRANSFERABILITY TO THE PYRENEES OF MACHINE LEARNING MODELS DEVELOPED FOR AVALANCHE FORECASTING IN THE SWISS ALPS
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Montse Bacardit, Cristina Pérez-Guillén, Jordi Gavaldà Bordes, Ivan Moner Seira, Martin Hendrick, Fabiano Monti
Description: Avalanche forecasting is crucial for ensuring safety and mobility in snow-covered mountainous regions worldwide. While traditional avalanche forecasts...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P1.27.pdf
Keywords: machine learning, avalanche forecasting, avalanche danger, avalanche activity, snowpack model
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Title: ENHANCING OPERATIONAL AVALANCHE RISK ASSESSMENT WITH RPAS LIDAR SNOW DEPTH MAPS AND AVALANCHE SIMULATIONS: A CASE STUDY IN WESTERN CANADA
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Eirik Ainer-Sharp, Cam Campbell, Alexis Tessier
Description: In this study, we present a novel approach to operational avalanche risk assessment using numerical avalanche models initialized with snow depth maps ...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P1.30.pdf
Keywords: rpas, uav, drone, lidar, ramms, forecasting.
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Title: UNRELIABILITY IN EXPERT ESTIMATES OF FACTORS DETERMINING AVALANCHE DANGER AND IMPACT ON DANGER LEVEL ESTIMATION USING THE MATRIX
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Frank Techel, Célia Lucas, Karsten Müller, Christine Pielmeier, Michael Morreau
Description: Recent advances in automated snowpack modelling notwithstanding, public avalanche forecasting relies heavily on human estimates of avalanche condition...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P1.31.pdf
Keywords: avalanche danger level, avalanche forecasting, reliability, eaws matrix, forecast correctness
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Title: SYNTHESIZING REGIONAL SNOWPACK STABILITY AND AVALANCHE PROBLEMS IN THE OPERATIONAL AWSOME FRAMEWORK
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Florian Herla, Michael Binder, Norbert Lanzanasto, Martin Perfler, Aron Widforss, Michael Reisecker, Karsten Müller, Christoph Mitterer
Description: Snowpack simulations can enhance avalanche forecasting by providing more continuous spatial and temporal assessments, offering short-term forecasts, a...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P1.33.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, snowpack modeling, avalanche hazard assessment modeling, large-scale operational model chain, forecaster dashboard, awsome
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Title: NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE: THE METEOROLOGIST’S ROLE IN AVALANCHE FORECASTING, WEATHER WARNINGS AND EXPLANATION OF THE WEBSITE YR
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Rebecca Roggentin, Maiken Vassel
Description: At our poster we explain the meteorologist’s role in avalanche forecasting in Norway. We explain weather warnings generated by the Norwegian Meteor...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P1.34.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, weather warnings, norwegian meteorological institute, meteorology
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Title: INVESTIGATING DYNAMIC MODEL FRICTION PARAMETERS FOR LOW-VOLUME END-OF-SEASON AVALANCHES
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Cam Campbell, Eirik Sharp, Alexis Tessier
Description: Operational avalanche risk management often relies on subjective assessments of potential avalanche runout extent to determine when the avalanche seas...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P2.12.pdf
Keywords: release volume, runout distance, model parameters, avalanche forecasting
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Title: HIGH-ARCTIC SNOWPACK MODELING FORCED BY NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTIONS AND MANUALLY OBSERVED SNOW PROFILES
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Kristin Lyche, Holt Hancock, Siiri Wickström, Oddbjørn Bruland
Description: Snow avalanches are significant natural hazards in mountain areas with a seasonal snow cover, putting people and infrastructure at risk. Snow avalanc...
Object ID: ISSW2024_O3.12.pdf
Keywords: snowpack simulations, snow profiles, numerical weather predictions, avalanche forecasting
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Title: HOW SNOWMICROPEN RECORDINGS ARE INTEGRATED INTO DAILY FORECASTING WORK BY THE SOFTWARE FRAMEWORK AWSOME
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Mag. Michael Reisecker, Dr. Christoph Mitterer
Description: During the assessment process of avalanche danger forecasters rely on enormous amounts of different data. Most of this data connects only indirectly t...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P3.7.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, snowmicropenetrometer, snowpack, model chains, awsome
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Title: APPLYING THE GROM SCORE ON SNOW PROFILES FROM HUMAN-TRIGGERED SLAB AVALANCHES AND FIELD OBSERVATIONS IN VAL D’ARAN, PYRENEES
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Jordi Gavaldà, Montse Bacardit, Ivan Moner
Description: Since the start of the Aran Avalanche Warning Service in 2004, efforts have been made to record data on avalanche and snowpack characteristics from re...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P3.18.pdf
Keywords: snow stability, avalanche forecasting, avalanche communication, pyrenees
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Title: REGIONAL SLUSHFLOW EARLY WARNING WITH EXAMPLE FROM WESTERN NORWAY
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Monica Sund, Siv Å. Seljesæter, Heidi A. Grønsten, Kamilla S. Sandboe
Description: The Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate operates a regional early warning for slush-flow hazard (SEW). It is a part of the early warning ...
Object ID: ISSW2024_O6.6.pdf
Keywords: slushflow, warning, weather models, forecasting
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