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Title: Avalanche Hazard Mapping for Snowmobiles and Other Winter Trail Users
Date: 2008-09-22
Authors: Bob Comey, Chris McCollister
Description: Snowmobilers have become the most likely user group in the United States to become involved in a fatal avalanche (Utah Avalanche Center, 2008). Greate...
Object ID: P__8137.pdf
Keywords: avalanche hazard mapping, snowmobile trails, geographic information systems (gis)
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Title: GIS Aided Avalanche Warning in Norway
Date: 2008-09-22
Authors: Christian Jaedicke, Kalle Kronholm, Krister Kristensen, Steinar Bakkehøi
Description: By 2008 detailed avalanche warning for the entire Norway is not available. The Norwegian Meteorological Institute only issues a general warning for la...
Object ID: P__8128.pdf
Keywords: avalanche warning, geographic information systems (gis), internet
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Title: Geowax.net (Geographic Weather and Avalanche Explorer), An Extension to ArcGIS 9.2
Date: 2008-09-22
Authors: Christopher M. McCollister
Description: GeoWAX (Geographic Weather and Avalanche eXplorer), which was presented at ISSW 2002, was developed as stand alone software written in Visual Basic 6....
Object ID: P__8029.pdf
Keywords: avalanche, geographic information systems (gis), nearest neighbors, kml
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Title: Mapping Snow Depth in the Alps
Date: 2006
Authors: Andreas Stoffel, Nando Foppa, Norbert Raderschall
Description: The Swiss Federal Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF publishes snow depth maps of Switzerland. These maps provide valuable input for avala...
Object ID: issw-2006-322-329.pdf
Keywords: snow cover, snow cover mapping, interpolation, noaa avhrr, geographic information systems (gis)
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Title: Mapping and Classification of Potential Avalanche Sites in the Chic-Chocs Mountains, Quebec, Canada, Using Geographic Information Systems
Date: 2006
Authors: Alain Royer, Stephanie Lemieux
Description: Avalanche sites mapping and classification are tools that have been frequently used for managing avalanche risks. The use of geographic information sy...
Object ID: issw-2006-411-418.pdf
Keywords: avalanche, avalanche mapping, terrain classification, visualisation, geographic information systems (gis)
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Title: Using GIS and Remote Sensing to Assess Avalanche Hazards for New Road Corridors in Alaska
Date: 2006
Authors: Douglas D. Scott
Description: As part of HDR’s Chignik Connectors Project (a road system connecting the three communities of Chignik), assessment and mapping of potential av...
Object ID: issw-2006-465-467.pdf
Keywords: avalanche hazard assessment, alaska, transportation, geographic information systems (gis), terrain modeling, and remote sensing
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Title: Developing a GIS Avalanche Forecasting Model Using Real-Time Weather Telemetry Information for the South Side of MT. Hood
Date: 2004
Authors: Logan Cookler, Beth Orton
Description: Recently, the use of Geographic Information System (GIS) has been applied in the field of avalanche forecasting. These approaches have mainly used hi...
Object ID: issw-2004-145-152.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, geographic information systems (gis), geographic visualization
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Title: GIS Data Model
Date: 2004
Authors: Douglas Scott
Description: The intent of this poster presentation is to demonstrate the various GIS data layers used in the documentation and analysis of snow profiles and aval...
Object ID: issw-2004-532-533.pdf
Keywords: release, geographic information systems (gis), avalanche paths, vegetation
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Title: Topographic Influence on the Spatial Patterns of Snow Temperature Gradients in a Mountain Snowpack
Date: 2002
Authors: J. S. Deems, K. W. Birkeland, K. J. Hansen
Description: The objective of this study was to investigate the importance of topography in controlling the geographic patterns of deep snow temperature gradients ...
Object ID: issw-2002-384-392.pdf
Keywords: spatial variation, temperature gradients, topography, regression, geographic information systems (gis)
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Title: A Probabilistic Technique for Exploring Multi-Scale Spatial Patterns in Historical Avalanche Data By Combining GIS and Meteorological Nearest Neighbors with an Example from the Jackson Hole Ski Area
Date: 2002
Authors: C. McCollister, K. Birkeland, K. Hansen, R. Aspinall, R. Comey
Description: Many ski areas, backcountry avalanche centers, highway departments, and helicopter ski operations record and archive daily weather parameters and the ...
Object ID: issw-2002-109-116.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, geographic information systems (gis), nearest neighbors, geographic visualization, knowledge discovery in databases
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Title: The Influence of Topographic Parameters on Avalanche Release Dimension and Frequency
Date: 2002
Authors: M. Maggioni, U. Gruber
Description: The avalanche hazard map zones in Switzerland are defined by the frequency and the impact pressure of a potential avalanche event Therefore, it is cru...
Object ID: issw-2002-097-104.pdf
Keywords: release area, topography, release frequency, geographic information systems (gis), statistics, avalanche cadastre
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Title: Snow Information System with the Usage of GIS in Western Himalayas, India
Date: 2002
Authors: Rashpal Kor
Description: The avalanche occurrence in northern Indian Mountains draws significance because of strategic reasons and tourism and poses serious problems for the m...
Object ID: issw-2002-167-174.pdf
Keywords: geographic information systems (gis), sis, forecasting, zoning, hazard
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Title: Using GIS to Visualize Historical Avalanche Data
Date: 2000
Authors: C. McCollister, K. Birkeland, K. Hansen, R. Aspinall
Description: Most historical avalanche data are stored in tabular form, and are difficult to access and visualize. This project utilizes a Geographic Information S...
Object ID: issw-2000-439.pdf
Keywords: avalanches, avalanche forecasting, geographic information systems (gis), historical avalanche data
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Title: Avalanche Activity and Interaction with Harvested Terrain: Terrain Analysis and Decision Support Systems for Risk Management.
Date: 2000
Authors: Kevin R. Stitzinger, Peter F. Weisinger, David McClung
Description: The destruction of valuable timber due to snow avalanches that interact with regenerating and mature forest stands has become an issue of great concer...
Object ID: issw-2000-458-461.pdf
Keywords: snow avalanche, forestry, decision support, resource management, geographic information systems (gis)
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Title: Local Verification of the Swiss Avalanche Bulletin
Date: 1998
Authors: Stephan Harvey, Roland Meister, Heiri Leuthold, Britta Allgower
Description: Verification is a difficult yet important part to improve avalanche forecasting. During winter 1996/97 verification activities took place for the are...
Object ID: issw-1998-339-343.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, geographic information systems (gis), verification, visualisation
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