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Title: PROTOTYPE OF PROBABILISTIC AVALANCHE HAZARD MAP REFLECTING UNCERTAINTIES OF SNOW COVER CONDITIONS DURING WINTER: Date: 2024-09-23; Authors: Takahiro Tanabe, Sojiro Sunako, Kouichi Nishimura; Description: Snow avalanches are natural disasters that occur in snowy mountainous regions, threatening settlements and their inhabitants. Hence, a hazard map is a...; Object ID: ISSW2024_P7.4.pdf; Keywords: probabilistic hazard map, uncertainty quantification, hazard assessment, risk assessment; View additional details about PROTOTYPE OF PROBABILISTIC AVALANCHE HAZARD MAP REFLECTING UNCERTAINTIES OF SNOW COVER CONDITIONS DURING WINTER

Title: Rezoning after installing avalanche mitigation measures: case study of the Vallascia avalanche in Airolo, Switzerland: Date: 2018-10-07; Authors: Stefan Margreth; Description: The catastrophic Vallascia avalanche struck the village of Airolo in the southern Swiss Alps on 12 February 1951. The accident was one of the most sev...; Object ID: ISSW2018_O02.2.pdf; Keywords: avalanche disaster, mitigation measures, hazard map, risk management.; View additional details about Rezoning after installing avalanche mitigation measures: case study of the Vallascia avalanche in Airolo, Switzerland

Title: When Should a Hazard Map Show the Risk of Small Avalanches or Snow Gliding?: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: Stefan Margreth; Description: Avalanche hazard maps describe the extent and intensity of snow avalanches. In Switzerland red, blue and yellow zones are used which are based on scen...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-39.pdf; Keywords: hazard map, snow gliding, glide snow avalanche, small avalanche; View additional details about When Should a Hazard Map Show the Risk of Small Avalanches or Snow Gliding?

Title: Re-Evaluation of Avalanche Mitigation Measures for Juneau: Date: 2012; Authors: Stefan Margreth, Tom Mattice; Description: Juneau, Alaskaâ€™s state capital, has a serious avalanche problem. The last major avalanche event in 1962 was the catalyst to propose for the fir...; Object ID: issw-2012-150-156.pdf; Keywords: avalanche mitigation, avalanche dynamics modeling, hazard map; View additional details about Re-Evaluation of Avalanche Mitigation Measures for Juneau

Title: Safety Concept for Hazards Caused by Ice Avalanches from the Whymper Hanging Glacier in the Mont Blanc Massif: Date: 2010; Authors: Stefan Margreth, Martin Funk, Marco Vagliasindi, Massimo Broccolato; Description: The Whymper glacier is a hanging glacier located on the south face of the Grandes Jorasses (Mont Blanc Massif, Italy). Combined snow and ice avalanche...; Object ID: ISSW_O-055.pdf; Keywords: ice avalanche, safety concept, hazard map; View additional details about Safety Concept for Hazards Caused by Ice Avalanches from the Whymper Hanging Glacier in the Mont Blanc Massif

Title: Protect â€“ A Swiss Approach to the Assessment of the Effectiveness of Mitigation Measures: Date: 2009; Authors: Stefan Margreth, Hans Romang; Description: PROTECT describes a general procedure to assess the effectiveness of mitigation measures and includes detailed instructions for avalanches, rockfall,...; Object ID: issw-2009-0538-0542.pdf; Keywords: mitigation measure, hazard map, avalanche defence, risk management; View additional details about Protect â€“ A Swiss Approach to the Assessment of the Effectiveness of Mitigation Measures