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Title: BRITISH COLUMBIA MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROVINCIAL AVALANCHE HAZARD INDEX: Date: 2023-10-08; Authors: Brian Gould, Scott Thumlert, Eirik Sharp, Cam Campbell, Dorian Schjelderup, Lea Green; Description: This paper presents work completed to quantify and visualize snow avalanche hazard for the entire provincial highway network as managed by the British...; Object ID: ISSW2023_P2.37.pdf; Keywords: british columbia, ministry of transportation and infrastructure, avalanche hazard index, transportation corridor risk, risk planning tool, ahi; View additional details about BRITISH COLUMBIA MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROVINCIAL AVALANCHE HAZARD INDEX

Title: DATA-DRIVEN METHODS FOR THE AVALANCHE HAZARD INDEX: Date: 2023-10-08; Authors: Scott Thumlert, Brian Gould, Cam Campbell, Dorian Schjelderup, Eirik Sharp, Lea Green; Description: Describing snow avalanche hazard for transportation corridors with the Avalanche Hazard Index (AHI) provides valuable planning insights. The AHI allow...; Object ID: ISSW2023_P2.38.pdf; Keywords: avalanche hazard index, transportation corridor risk, risk planning tool, ahi; View additional details about DATA-DRIVEN METHODS FOR THE AVALANCHE HAZARD INDEX

Title: CHALLENGES IN USING THE AVALANCHE HAZARD INDEX – A CASE STUDY FROM THE BNSF RAILWAY AVALANCHE PROGRAM, ESSEX, MONTANA, USA: Date: 2023-10-08; Authors: Adam M. Clark, Richard W. Steiner, David Hamre; Description: The Avalanche Hazard Index (AHI) was originally developed by Canadian Peter Schaerer in the 1970s and 1980s to assess the avalanche risk to highways m...; Object ID: ISSW2023_P2.43.pdf; Keywords: avalanche hazard index (ahi), bnsf railway, risk analysis, risk communication; View additional details about CHALLENGES IN USING THE AVALANCHE HAZARD INDEX – A CASE STUDY FROM THE BNSF RAILWAY AVALANCHE PROGRAM, ESSEX, MONTANA, USA

Title: STATEWIDE APPLICATION OF THE AVALANCHE HAZARD INDEX: Date: 2023-10-08; Authors: David Hamre, Jordy Hendrikx, Chris Wilbur, Alan Jones; Description: The Avalanche Hazard Index (AHI) (Schaerer 1989, Hendrikx and Owens 2008) has been a useful tool for expressing avalanche risk to highways and railroa...; Object ID: ISSW2023_O13.01.pdf; Keywords: avalanche hazard index (ahi), consultants best estimate (cbe), highway avalanche risk, remote avalanche control systems (racs), advanced forecasting technology (aft); View additional details about STATEWIDE APPLICATION OF THE AVALANCHE HAZARD INDEX

Title: AVALANCHE MITIGATION AT LIZARD HEAD PASS: Date: 2023-10-08; Authors: Rosalind (Roz) Reynolds; Description: Lizard Head Pass, a section of State Highway 145 (SH 145) between the towns of Ophir and Rico, located in Southern Colorado, averages 2300 vehicles da...; Object ID: ISSW2023_P3.58.pdf; Keywords: remote avalanche control systems (racs), avalanche hazard index (ahi), mitigated ahi, annual frequency, return period; View additional details about AVALANCHE MITIGATION AT LIZARD HEAD PASS

Title: Using Quantitative Risk Analysis for Visitor Management in Avalanche Paths: Date: 2014-09-29; Authors: Don Bogie; Description: Quantitative risk analysis techniques allow the comparison of the likelihood of a fatality to the risk tolerance thresholds for different user groups....; Object ID: ISSW14_paper_P3.25.pdf; Keywords: quantitative risk, avalanche hazard index, societal risk; View additional details about Using Quantitative Risk Analysis for Visitor Management in Avalanche Paths

Title: Vulnerability: Caught in an Avalanche â€“ Then What are the Odds?: Date: 2012; Authors: Bruce Jamieson, Alan S.T. Jones; Description: Vulnerability is an essential component in qualitative and quantitative avalanche risk analyses. It is the probable consequences given that the eleme...; Object ID: issw-2012-001-008.pdf; Keywords: vulnerability, avalanche properties, destructive avalanches, avalanche risk management, hazard index,; View additional details about Vulnerability: Caught in an Avalanche â€“ Then What are the Odds?

Title: Avalanche Risk Evalution with Practical Suggestions for Risk Minimisation: A Case Study of the Milford Road, New Zealand: Date: 2006; Authors: Jordy Hendrikx, Ian Owens, Wayne Carran, Ann Carran; Description: This paper examines two methods for risk evaluation in a case study for the Milford Road, New Zealand. These results are then used to quantify the eff...; Object ID: issw-2006-757-767.pdf; Keywords: avalanche risk, hazard index, traffic, milford road, new zealand; View additional details about Avalanche Risk Evalution with Practical Suggestions for Risk Minimisation: A Case Study of the Milford Road, New Zealand