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Title: ADAPTING AVALANCHE HAZARD MAPPING TO A CHANGING CLIMATE – EMERGING PRACTICAL APPROACHES AND UNCERTAINTIES
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Simon Grüter, Flurina Schnider, Damian Steffen, Stefan Margreth
Description: Avalanche hazard mapping in Switzerland is based on long-established regulations and methods and provides a valuable basis for avalanche risk manageme...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P1.20.pdf
Keywords: climate change, hazard mapping, case study, avalanche path, wet snow avalanche
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Title: AVALANCHE HAZARD IDENTIFICATION IN EMILIA-ROMAGNA APENNINES: A STATISTICAL EMPIRICAL APPROACH BASED ON THE RUN-OUT RATIO
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Sabbadini R., Cau M., Anfossi G., Fanari F., Dondi C., Mazzini E., Chiambretti I.
Description: In this study, a statistical-empirical methodology was developed to rapidly identify potential avalanche hazard zones in the Emilia-Romagna Apennines ...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P1.24.pdf
Keywords: potential release area (pra), avalanche hazard mapping, northern apennines, run-out ratio, gumbel distribution, risk mitigation, civil protection, gis
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Title: APPLYING AUTOMATED AVALANCHE TERRAIN MAPPING TO WILDLIFE ECOLOGY: A CASE STUDY OF DALL'S SHEEP IN SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Heather K. Thamm, John Sykes, Nicholas L. Fowler, Thomas D. Lohuis, Kyle R. Smith, Erich H. Peitzsch, Todd J. Brinkman, Ophélie H. Couriot
Description: Avalanche hazard has been studied extensively in the context of human risk, but its role in alpine wildlife ecology remains poorly understood. Long-te...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P4.36.pdf
Keywords: alaska, avalanches, avalanche terrain, dall's sheep, hazard mapping, mountain ungulates
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Title: AVALANCHE PROBABLE RELEASE AREAS (PRA) – TESTING THE PROCEDURE IN NW ITALY
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Chiambretti Igor, Bovet Eloïse, Debernardi Andrea, Lanteri Luca Maria
Description: Snow avalanche hazard mapping has been well-established in the Italian Alps for 40 to 60 years. Cadastre and CLPA-CLPV maps (Probable Avalanche Locati...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P1.23.pdf
Keywords: probable release areas, avalanche hazard mapping
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Title: CLIMATE ATTRIBUTION FOR SNOW AVALANCHES HAZARD. A CASE STUDY IN ITALY.
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Lucia Ferrarin, Daniele Bocchiola
Description: We introduce a comprehensive framework to assess i) future avalanche hazard, and ii) explicit climate change attribution, with the case study of mount...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P5.5.pdf
Keywords: snow avalanche, dynamic modelling, hazard mapping, avalanche forest interaction, snow erosion, snow entrainment.
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Title: CLASSIFICATION OF SLUSHFLOW RELEASE AREAS IN NORWAY AND ON ICELAND
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Christian Jaedicke, Monica Sund, Harpa Grímsdóttir, Jón Kristinn Helgason, Unnur Blær A. Bartsch, Frode Sandersen, Elise Morken
Description: Slushflows can be observed as a natural hazard in most areas with a seasonal snow cover. Intense melting or rain-on-snow events can lead to a mixture ...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P6.9.pdf
Keywords: slushflow, hazard mapping, risk management, release area
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Title: AVALANCHE-FREE SEASON: HOW CAN THIS BE DEFINED?
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Stefan Margreth, Roderick Kühne
Description: In Switzerland, avalanche hazard zones must be considered in land-use planning. No new buildings can be constructed in the red hazard zone and modific...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P7.3.pdf
Keywords: summer avalanche, avalanche-free season, hazard mapping, snow-free period
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Title: REFINED SWISS AVALANCHE TERRAIN MAPPING CATV2 / ATHV2
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Stephan Harvey, Marc Christen, Yves Bühler, Cyrill Hänni, Noel Boos, Boris Bernegger
Description: Avalanche terrain maps are becoming increasingly common for large areas due to the availability of high-resolution and high-quality digital elevation...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P12.1.pdf
Keywords: avalanche terrain maps, white risk, avalanche terrain, avalanche hazard mapping, backcountry tour planning
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Title: AUTOMATIC CRUX DETECTION FOR PLANNING BACKCOUNTRY TOURS IN AVALANCHE TERRAIN
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Stephan Harvey, Cyrill Hänni, Noel Boos, Jorim Urner
Description: For travelling in the backcountry, good planning is crucial. Besides the current weather and avalanche forecast, terrain characteristics must be asses...
Object ID: ISSW2023_O8.02.pdf
Keywords: avalanche terrain, crux detection, avalanche hazard mapping, white risk, backcountry tour planning, decision making
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Title: AVALANCHE RISK OF HIGH MOUNTAIN HUTS IN SWITZERLAND AND ITS EVOLUTION DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Stefan Margreth, Mark Schaer
Description: The Swiss Alpine Club SAC operates 153 mountain huts in the Swiss Alps. Some of these huts are located at locations exposed to avalanches. In the past...
Object ID: ISSW2023_P2.31.pdf
Keywords: avalanche hazard mapping, climate change, avalanche mitigation, avalanche risk
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Title: Towards a probabilistic avalanche simulation strategy for hazard mapping
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Felix Oesterle, Andreas Kofler, Jan-Thomas Fischer
Description: Computer simulations are a common tool for assessing the potential hazard associated with the rapid movement of snow avalanches. Their application is ...
Object ID: ISSW2018_O01.4.pdf
Keywords: avalanche dynamics, hazard mapping, uncertainties.
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Title: Avalanche probability: Slab release and the effect of forest cover
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Peter Gauer
Description: One of the main challenges in regard to hazard mapping is to estimate avalanche probabilities and avalanche size for a given path. One reason for this...
Object ID: ISSW2018_P01.13.pdf
Keywords: avalanche probability, avalanche size, hazard mapping, forest.
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Title: Design and Construction of an Avalanche Deflection Berm, Mount Kitchener Avalanche Path, Aoraki Mount Cook National Park, NewZealand
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Alan Jones, Donald Bogie
Description: The Mount Kitchener avalanche path produces large avalanches that have potential to affect parts of Aoraki Mount Cook Village, New Zealand. Numerous b...
Object ID: ISSW2018_P02.18.pdf
Keywords: avalanche risk, hazard mapping, runout, dynamic model.
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Title: Automated identification of forest with protective function against snow avalanches in the Trento Province (Italy)
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Fabiano Monti, Ruggero Alberti, Paola Comin, Alessandro Wolynski, Luca Vallata, Yves Buehler
Description: Forests have a very significant protective function against the impacts of natural hazards. Identifying the protective forests is therefore of crucial...
Object ID: ISSW2018_P08.4.pdf
Keywords: snow, avalanche, dynamics, hazard mapping, protection forest.
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Title: Linking modelled potential release areas with avalanche dynamic simulations: an automated approach for large-scale avalanche hazard mapping
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Yves Bühler, Daniel von Rickenbach, Marc Christen, Stefan Margreth, Lukas Stoffel, Andreas Stoffel, Roderick Kühne
Description: Snow avalanches are a major threat for people and infrastructure in alpine regions. In Switzerland and other countries in the Alps, long term experien...
Object ID: ISSW2018_P08.22.pdf
Keywords: large scale hazard mapping, avalanche engineering, digital elevation model, release area, avalanche mitigation
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