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Title: Spatial Variability in Steep Couloirs: Weak Layer Variation With Respect to Wind Direction
Date: 2010
Authors: Zach M. Guy, Karl W. Birkeland
Description: Understanding the spatial variability of the snowpack is critical for avalanche prediction and mitigation. Previous spatial variability research focus...
Object ID: ISSW_O-016.pdf
Keywords: steep couloirs, wind direction, geographic information systems (gis)
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Title: A GIS Database for Avalanche Forecasting in Colorado
Date: 2010
Authors: Douglas Scott, Ethan Greene
Description: The Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC) is a statewide avalanche forecasting and education group. The CAIC produces avalanche safety products...
Object ID: ISSW_P-038.pdf
Keywords: avalanches, avalanche forecasting, geographic information systems (gis), geographic information systems (gis)
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Title: An Avalanche Terrain Assessment of Proposed Manitoba Mountain and Whistle Stop Hut-to-Hut Systems Using a Geographical Information System
Date: 2010
Authors: E. Cleary, E. Latosuo, J. Geck, J. Wolfe
Description: Alaska Mountain and Wilderness Hut Association has proposed a hut-to-hut system on the Kenai Peninsula of Southcentral Alaska. A terrain assessment i...
Object ID: ISSW_P-039.pdf
Keywords: avalanche terrain, geographic information systems (gis), hut-to-hut system
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Title: Gswarm: An Example of Making a GIS Model for Everyday Use
Date: 2010
Authors: Cora Shea, Bruce Jamieson
Description: Modeling snow processes over terrain with a Geographic Information System (GIS) takes a specific set of skills and a lot of computer processing power ...
Object ID: ISSW_P-041.pdf
Keywords: computer assisted forecasting, geographic information systems (gis), modelling
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Title: Snow Avalanche Research and Forecasting With GIS and Geospatial Sciences
Date: 2010
Authors: Alex Marienthal, Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana
Description: Geographic information systems (GIS) and geospatial sciences have been used effectively in data collection and snow avalanche related research for ove...
Object ID: ISSW_P-073.pdf
Keywords: forecasting, geographic information systems (gis), geospatial sciences, snow pack, research
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Title: Using GIS and Google Earth for the Creation of the Going-to-the-Sun Road Avalanche Atlas, Glacier National Park, Montana, USA
Date: 2010
Authors: Erich H. Peitzsch, Daniel B. Fagre, Mark Dundas
Description: Snow avalanche paths are key geomorphologic features in Glacier National Park, Montana, and an important component of mountain ecosystems: they are is...
Object ID: ISSW_P-098.pdf
Keywords: google earth, geographic information systems (gis), glacier national park, montana, biodiversity, atlas
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Title: Sensor Web Enablement – Standards and Open Source Implementations for Observation Data
Date: 2009
Authors: Stefanie Andrae, Gerald Gruber, Andreas Hecke, Alfred Wieser
Description: Sensor observation can be applied in the field of emergency management for predicting, monitoring and managing ecological risks locally and regionally...
Object ID: issw-2009-0180-0183.pdf
Keywords: weather station, sensor web enablement, open source, geographic information systems (gis), ogc, standards
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Title: Snowpack Depth Modelling and Water Availability from Lidar Measurements in Eastern Pyrenees
Date: 2009
Authors: Ignacio MORENO BAÑOS, Antoni RUIZ GARCÍA, Jordi MARTURIÀ I ALAVEDRA, Pere OLLER I FIGUERAS, Jordi PIÑA IGLESIAS, Carles GARCIA SELLÉS, Pere MARTÍNEZ I FIGUERAS, Julià TALAYA LÓPEZ
Description: In order to evaluate water reserves in mountain watersheds the Institut Geològic de Catalunya (IGC) jointly with Institut Cartogràfic de Catalun...
Object ID: issw-2009-0202-0206.pdf
Keywords: snowpack depth, stepwise regression tree, lidar, geographic information systems (gis), pyrenees
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Title: Analyzing the Environmental Effects on the Danger of Avalanches Using Geoinformation Technology
Date: 2009
Authors: G. Gruber, A. Hecke, A. Wieser
Description: Actual and high quality spatial data and information are the foundation in the daily workflow in a common avalanche warning center. One essential act...
Object ID: issw-2009-0428-0432.pdf
Keywords: geographic information systems (gis), meteorological analysis, weather stations, raster model, avalanche bulletins
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Title: The Solid Ortho-Image: A New Tool to Identify Avalanche Terrains
Date: 2009
Authors: Danilo Godone, Margherita Maggioni, Michele Freppaz
Description: In mountain areas the correct identification of avalanche terrains is mandatory in order to avoid, or at least prevent, avalanche accidents in inhabit...
Object ID: issw-2009-0454-0457.pdf
Keywords: image analysis, land planning, avalanche hazard, geographic information systems (gis)
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Title: Using LIDAR (Light Distancing and Ranging) Data to More Accurately Describe Avalanche Terrain
Date: 2009
Authors: Christopher M. McCollister, Robert H. Comey
Description: Currently, 30 meter Digital Elevation Models (DEM) and 1 meter color Digital Ortho Quads (DOQ) are available for most of the United States. These read...
Object ID: issw-2009-0463-0467.pdf
Keywords: lidar, geographic information systems (gis), geographic information systems (gis)
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Title: Identification of Areas Potentially Affected by Extreme Snow Avalanche Combining Expert Rules, Flow-Routing Algorithms and Statistical Analysis
Date: 2009
Authors: Matteo Pagliardi, Massimiliano Barbolini, Paolo Corradeghini, Francesco Ferro
Description: An innovative methodology to perform avalanche hazard mapping that combines open source GIS tools, expert rules, computational routines, and statisti...
Object ID: issw-2009-0468-0471.pdf
Keywords: snow avalanche, hazard mapping, grass geographic information systems (gis), flow-routing algorithm, run-out angle
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Title: Statistical Avalanche Run-Out Modelling Using GIS on Selected Slopes of Western Tatras National Park, Slovakia
Date: 2009
Authors: Marek Biskupič, Ivan Barka
Description: Without doubt avalanche run-out distances play a key role in landuse planning within avalanche prone areas. The Žiarska valley in Western Tatras i...
Object ID: issw-2009-0482-0487.pdf
Keywords: snow avalanches, geographic information systems (gis), run-out modelling, western tatras
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Title: Using High Resolution LiDAR Data to Estimate Potential Avalanche Release Areas on the Example of Polish Mountain Regions
Date: 2009
Authors: Pawel Chrustek, Piotr Wezyk
Description: Mountains in Poland (with height over 500 m a.s.l.) cover only 3,1% of the total country area so avalanches are a less serious problem than in e.g. al...
Object ID: issw-2009-0495-0499.pdf
Keywords: snow avalanche, potential release areas, geographic information systems (gis), lidar, als data, avalanche mapping
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Title: A Practical Use of Historical Data to Mitigate Worker Exposure to Avalanche Hazard
Date: 2008-09-25
Authors: Jake Elkins, Bob Comey, Chris McCollister, Mike Rheam
Description: In the forty-one seasons of avalanche mitigation at the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, avalanche hazard reduction routes have been run from the top dow...
Object ID: P__8139.pdf
Keywords: avalanche hazard mitigation, historical database, geographic information systems (gis)
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