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Title: THE FOUR KEY COMPONENTS OF THE PHYSICAL HAZARD POSED BY SNOW AVALANCHES ACROSS TERRAIN: Date: 2024-09-23; Authors: Scott Thumlert; Description: Forecasting the physical hazard posed by snow avalanches is the prediction of the magnitude, likelihood, timing, and location of potential avalanches ...; Object ID: ISSW2024_P1.1.pdf; Keywords: avalanche hazard, forecasting, hazard assessment and communication, avalanche size, likelihood, spatial distribution; View additional details about THE FOUR KEY COMPONENTS OF THE PHYSICAL HAZARD POSED BY SNOW AVALANCHES ACROSS TERRAIN

Title: Establishing the link between the Conceptual Model of Avalanche Hazard and the North American Public Avalanche Danger Scale: Initial Explorations from Canada: Date: 2018-10-07; Authors: Taylor Clark, Pascal Haegeli; Description: In 2010, Statham and colleagues introduced the conceptual model of avalanche hazard (CMAH; Statham et al., 2018) to make avalanche bulletin production...; Object ID: ISSW2018_O12.4.pdf; Keywords: danger rating, avalanche hazard, forecasting, decision trees; View additional details about Establishing the link between the Conceptual Model of Avalanche Hazard and the North American Public Avalanche Danger Scale: Initial Explorations from Canada

Title: Description and Evaluation of the New French Operational Chain of Models for Avalanche Hazard Forecasting Incorporating a Drifting Snow Scheme: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Gilbert Guyomarch, Vincent Vionnet, Matthieu Lafaysse, GÃ©rald Giraud, Yannick DÃ©liot, Florence Naaim-Bouvet; Description: It is well known by avalanche forecasters that wind plays a determinant role in shaping the small-scale distribution of snow and strongly influences t...; Object ID: ISSW16_P4.14.pdf; Keywords: drifting snow events, tools for avalanche forecasters, avalanche hazard forecasting; View additional details about Description and Evaluation of the New French Operational Chain of Models for Avalanche Hazard Forecasting Incorporating a Drifting Snow Scheme

Title: Legal Issues in Avalanche Hazard Forecasting and Mitigation: Date: 2010; Authors: John Fagan; Description: Ski resorts commonly perform avalanche hazard mitigation measures and test the stability of the snow pack by using hand charges, avalauncher rounds, a...; Object ID:; Keywords: hazard forecasting; View additional details about Legal Issues in Avalanche Hazard Forecasting and Mitigation

Title: Experience and the Perception of Avalanche Hazard: Date: 1980; Authors: Ray Smutek; Description: On March 3, 1979, fourteen members of a Seattle mountain climbing club set out for the summit of Suntop Mountain. As they neared the top, eight of the...; Object ID: issw-1980-145-152.pdf; Keywords: avalanche terrain, fatalities, hazard, forecasting, mountaineers, risk; View additional details about Experience and the Perception of Avalanche Hazard

Title: Avalanche Forecasting at Jackson Hole Ski Area: Date: 1976; Authors: J. Simms; Description: The responsibility of hazard forecasting and stability evaluation for the Jackson Hole Ski area falls upon the U.S. Forest Service Snow Rangers assign...; Object ID: issw-1976-077-086.pdf; Keywords: avalanche forecasting, snow stability, hazard forecasting, instrumentation; View additional details about Avalanche Forecasting at Jackson Hole Ski Area