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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: The Valalanche project: putting recent progress in snow avalanche mapping into practice
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Martin Proksch, Bernhard Dräyer, Damian Steffen, Ivan Pašić, André Burkard, Norbert Carlen
Description: Avalanche mitigation as well as decision making depends on the knowledge of historical avalanche records. However, the accurate mapping of avalanches ...
Object ID: ISSW2018_O09.3.pdf
Keywords: avalanche mapping, digital documentation systems, operational tools, it solutions, remote sensing, uav, smartphone.
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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: UAV Borne Laser Scanning of Snow Surfaces
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Alexander Prokop, Florian Singer
Description: In snow and avalanche research, different methods are used increasingly to efficiently and accurately map snow surfaces and depths over an area of sev...
Object ID: ISSW16_O9.03.pdf
Keywords: snow depth mapping, laser scanning, uav, uas
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Title: Optimizing GIS For Snow Safety Operations at Taos Ski Valley: Avalanche and Explosive Tracking and Digital Avalanche Atlas Apps
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Rachel L. Moscarella, Andy Bond, Wetherbee B. Dorshow
Description: Given the tenet that ski patrollers are inherently reluctant to complete paperwork, we felt compelled to make the recording of explosive use and avala...
Object ID: ISSW16_P2.34.pdf
Keywords: gis, risk management, avalanche mapping
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Title: Mapping Avalanche Mentorship in the US: A Visualization of the Mentorship Network Amongst US Avalanche Professionals
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Sean C. Johnson, Eeva Latosuo, Aleph Johnston-Bloom
Description: Mentorship in the avalanche industry is a sparsely researched topic, yet anecdotally avalanche professionals and their workplaces typically talk about...
Object ID: ISSW16_P2.44.pdf
Keywords: mentorship, mapping, avalanche, avalanche association, professional development
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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: Photogrammetry of Fracture Lines and Avalanche Terrain: Potential Applications to Research and Hazard Mitigation Projects
Date: 2014-09-29
Authors: Dave Gauthier, Michael Conlan, Bruce Jamieson
Description: Recent advances in both digital photography and computer processing power has led to the ability to generate detailed, richly coloured three-dimension...
Object ID: ISSW14_paper_O5.02.pdf
Keywords: fracture lines, terrain mapping, hazard mitigation, investigations
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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: Climate-Scale Maps of Cold-Season Precipitation in the Mountainous Areas of Colorado for Operational Forecasting Applications
Date: 2014-09-29
Authors: B.J. Marraccini, Brian Lazar, Ethan Greene
Description: The PRISM precipitation model (v2014Jan) published by the PRISM Climate Group/NACSE provides a gridded (4km spatial resolution) estimate of monthly pr...
Object ID: ISSW14_paper_P1.15.pdf
Keywords: forecasting, precipitation, mapping, snow climate, gis.
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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: How to Improve Snow Avalanche Observation Quality?
Date: 2014-09-29
Authors: Bonnefoy-Demongeot M., Robinet J., Bouilloux J., Bourova E., Richard D.
Description: Snow avalanches are a major natural hazard concerning mountainous areas around the world. Each winter in many countries, human life and land-use plann...
Object ID: ISSW14_paper_P3.07.pdf
Keywords: snow avalanche, acquiring knowledge, database, mapping, data quality
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Title: Infoex™ 3.0—Advancing the Data Analysis Capabilities of Canada's Diverse Avalanche Community
Date: 2014-09-29
Authors: Pascal Haegeli, Joe Obad, Brad Harrison, Brad Murray, Jessica Engblom, Jonathan Neufeld
Description: The Canadian Avalanche Association's Industry Information Exchange (InfoEx) is a daily exchange of technical snow, weather, avalanche and terrain info...
Object ID: ISSW14_paper_P3.09.pdf
Keywords: information exchange, operational recordkeeping, software design, mapping, visualization, decision-making
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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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