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Title: Estimates on the reach of the powder part of avalanches
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Peter Gauer
Description: Avalanche observations from Norway, Austria and Switzerland, which distinguish between dense (fluidized) flow and powder part, are analyzed to obtain ...
Object ID: ISSW2018_P08.23.pdf
Keywords: avalanche observations, powder part, hazard mapping.
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Title: Avalanche terrain maps for backcountry skiing in Switzerland
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Stephan Harvey, Günter Schmudlach, Yves Bühler, Lukas Dürr, Andreas Stoffel, Marc Christen
Description: Terrain characteristics are one of the main factors contributing to avalanche formation. Hence, terrain assessment is crucial for planning and decisio...
Object ID: ISSW2018_O19.1.pdf
Keywords: avalanche terrain, avalanche terrain map, avalanche hazard mapping, backcountry touring
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Title: Selected Observations From Avalanche Measurements at the Ryggfonn Test Site and Comparisons with Observations From Other Locations
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Peter Gauer
Description: Selected observations from the full-scale avalanche test site Ryggfonn, Norway, like front velocity, runout distance, or pressure distributions, are p...
Object ID: ISSW16_P4.40.pdf
Keywords: avalanche observations, comparison, hazard mapping
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Title: Slab Avalanche Release Area Estimation: A new GIS Tool
Date: 2014-09-29
Authors: Jochen Veitinger, Betty Sovilla, Ross S. Purves
Description: Location and extent of avalanche starting zones are of crucial importance to correctly estimate the potential danger that avalanches pose to roads, ra...
Object ID: ISSW14_paper_O10.04.pdf
Keywords: release area, slab avalanche, hazard mapping, risk management, fuzzy logic
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Title: Merging of Recent Developments in Avalanche Simulation Technology into Practice
Date: 2014-09-29
Authors: Yves Bühler, Marc Christen, Lisa Dreier, Thomas Feistl, Perry Bartelt
Description: Numerical simulations are essential for hazard mapping and mitigation measure planning in avalanche engineering. Avalanche experts rely on numerical m...
Object ID: ISSW14_paper_P2.03.pdf
Keywords: ramms, numerical simulation, hazard mapping, mitigation measure planning
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Title: Avalanche Hazard Mapping Plan for the Catalan Pyrenees
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Pere Oller, Marc Janeras, Olga Costa, Carles García-Sellés, Elena Muntán, Glòria Martí, Pere Martínez
Description: The avalanche cartographic information collected up to present for the Catalan Pyrenees pointed out the existence of localities at risk because of thi...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O1-23.pdf
Keywords: pyrenees of catalonia, avalanche hazard mapping, hazard zoning, risk
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Title: Integrating Gaming Technology to Map Avalanche Hazard
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Donna Delparte, Michael R. Peterson, John Perkins, Jahrain Jackson
Description: As gaming physics engines advance, snow scientists have the opportunity to utilize these engines to animate and model avalanche flow and runout. Nume...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O2-22.pdf
Keywords: hazard mapping, gis, avalanche terrain modelling, dem, genetic algorithms
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Title: Avalanche Hazard Mapping in Kazakhstan
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Blagovechshenskiy V., Gulyayeva T.
Description: Avalanche hazard maps in Kazakhstan are produced in small (< 1/500 000), medium (1/100 000 - 1/300 000), and large (> 1/100 000) scales. Avalanche ha...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O2-25.pdf
Keywords: avalanche hazard mapping
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Title: Snow Avalanche Hazard Mapping for Different Frequency Scenarios, The Case of the Tatra Mts., Western Carpathians
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Paweł Chrustek, Marek Świerk, Marek Biskupič
Description: Snow avalanche hazard mapping is an important tool for land-use planning and safety assessment. It has proven to be the one of the most efficient and ...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-54.pdf
Keywords: snow avalanche mapping, hazard mapping, ramms, carpathians, tatra mountains
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Title: Back-Calculation of Small Avalanches with the 2D Avalanche Dynamics Model Ramms: Four Events Artificially Triggered at the Seehore Test Site in Aosta Valley (NW Italy)
Date: 2012
Authors: M. Maggioni, M. Freppaz, M. Christen, P. Bartelt, E. Zanini
Description: Avalanche dynamics models are widely used to simulate extreme avalanches for hazard mapping purposes; they are well developed and calibrated on numero...
Object ID: issw-2012-591-598.pdf
Keywords: avalanche dynamics, hazard mapping, photogrammetry,
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Title: Identification of Areas Potentially Affected by Extreme Snow Avalanche Combining Expert Rules, Flow-Routing Algorithms and Statistical Analysis
Date: 2009
Authors: Matteo Pagliardi, Massimiliano Barbolini, Paolo Corradeghini, Francesco Ferro
Description: An innovative methodology to perform avalanche hazard mapping that combines open source GIS tools, expert rules, computational routines, and statisti...
Object ID: issw-2009-0468-0471.pdf
Keywords: snow avalanche, hazard mapping, grass geographic information systems (gis), flow-routing algorithm, run-out angle
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Title: The Current State of Avalanche Risk Analysis and Hazard Mapping in Uzbekistan
Date: 2009
Authors: Eleonora Semakova, Sergey Myagkov, Richard L. Armstrong
Description: This paper includes new results of avalanche mapping in Uzbekistan. The avalanche caused damage distribution in Uzbekistan is presented. The descript...
Object ID: issw-2009-0509-0513.pdf
Keywords: potential danger territories, avalanche risk, avalanche hazard mapping
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Title: Using AVAL-1D to Simulate Avalanches in Eastern Pyrenees
Date: 2009
Authors: Pere Oller, Marc Janeras, Hèctor de Buen, Georgina Arnó, Marc Christen, Carles García, Pere Martínez
Description: The numerical avalanche dynamics program AVAL-1D, developed by the WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, was calibrated empirically with ...
Object ID: issw-2009-0524-0528.pdf
Keywords: hazard mapping, aval-1d, pyrenees, friction parameters
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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: Calculation of Dense Snow Avalanches in Three-Dimensional Terrain with the Numerical Simulation Program Ramms
Date: 2008-09-22
Authors: Marc Christen, Perry Bartelt, Julia Kowalski, Lukus Stoffel
Description: Numerical models have become an essential part of snow avalanche engineering. Recent advances in understanding the rheology of flowing snow and the me...
Object ID: P__8140.pdf
Keywords: snow, avalanche, dynamics, modeling, numerical simulation, hazard mapping
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