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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: 50 SHADES OF BLUE: RISK GRADIENTS WITHIN AVALANCHE HAZARD ZONES
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Chris Argue
Description: Avalanche hazard zone maps for occupied structures in North America and Europe are typically based on a combination of avalanche frequency and impact ...
Object ID: ISSW2024_O7.9.pdf
Keywords: risk, hazard, zoning, mapping, land use
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Title: PROBABILITY-BASED AVALANCHE RUN-OUT MAPPING FOR ROAD SAFETY
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Julia Glaus, Katreen Wikstrom Jones, Jan Kleinn, Lukas Stoffel, Pia Ruttner-Jansen, Johan Gaume, Yves Bühler
Description: In the domain of avalanche road safety, local hazard experts have to assess the risk of an avalanche hitting the road given the predicted state of th...
Object ID: ISSW2024_O7.10.pdf
Keywords: road safety, probability mapping, avalanche dynamics, snow, risk assessment
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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: OPTIMISATION OF UAV-BORNE LIDAR SURVEYS FOR SNOW DISTRIBUTION MAPPING
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Sean E. Salazar, Holt Hancock, Regula Frauenfelder, Halgeir Dahle, Emil Solbakken, Tore Humstad
Description: Laser scanners carried by uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been proven to be effective data collection tools in mountainous terrain with relativel...
Object ID: ISSW2024_O8.6.pdf
Keywords: remote sensing, uav, lidar, mapping
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Title: WHERE TO PUT THE WEATHER STATION? OPTIMIZING THE LOCATION FOR AUTOMATED SNOW DEPTH MEASUREMENTS BASED ON REMOTE SENSING, AVALANCHE MODELING AND TERRAIN CHARACTERISTICS
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Yves Buhler, Andreas Stoffel, David Liechti
Description: Automated weather stations (AWS) measuring snow-related parameters are essential for avalanche warning in many regions. Key data include new snow accu...
Object ID: ISSW2024_O8.10.pdf
Keywords: weather station, spatial variability, remote sensing, snow depth, hazard indication mapping, avalanche warning
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Title: REMOTELY SENSED AVALANCHE ACTIVITY DURING THREE EXTREME AVALANCHE PERIODS IN SWITZERLAND
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Elisabeth D. Hafner, Frank Techel, Holger Heisig, Jor Fergus Dal, Yves Bühler
Description: Systematic mapping of avalanches using remote-sensing technologies has become a reliable and – when combined with machine-learning algorithms – al...
Object ID: ISSW2024_O9.1.pdf
Keywords: avalanche mapping, potentially active area, danger level 5 (very high)
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Title: AUTOMATED SNOW AVALANCHE MAPPING WITH DEEP LEARNING IN AERIAL IMAGERY FROM THE EXTREME AVALANCHE WINTER OF 1999
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Mr. Jor Fergus Dal, Mrs. Elisabeth D. Hafner, Dr. Torben Peters, Dr. Dominik Narnhofer, Dr. Rodrigo Caye Daudt, Mr. Holger Heisig, Dr. Yves Bühler
Description: Snow avalanches are a major natural hazard in mountainous areas, posing a significant risk to lives and infrastructure. Knowing the location, frequen...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P9.3.pdf
Keywords: avalanche mapping, remote sensing, deep learning
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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: SPATIAL EXTENT OF FORESTED AVALANCHE TERRAIN IMPACTED BY WILDFIRE ACROSS THE SAWTOOTH NATIONAL FOREST
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Zachary Miller, John Sykes, Megan Guinn, Ben VandenBos, Scott Savage, Erich Peitzsch
Description: Forest structure is a major driver of mountain snowpacks and avalanche occurrence. Healthy forests can reduce the incidence of dangerous slab avalanc...
Object ID: ISSW2023_P1.24.pdf
Keywords: avalanche and wildfire, avalanche mapping, avalanche-forest
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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: ASSESSING POWDER CLOUD IMPACT ON ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION LINES AT SNOWSLIDE CREEK AVALANCHE PATH IN SOUTHEAST ALASKA
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Katreen Wikstrom Jones, Gabriel J. Wolken, Michael Janes, Chris Wilbur, Julia Glaus, Perry Bartelt, Marc Christen
Description: Power transmission lines conduct electricity across avalanche terrain to communities in Alaska. Many of the towers along these lines have been redesig...
Object ID: ISSW2023_P2.40.pdf
Keywords: avalanche modeling, powder avalanche, powder cloud, avalanche engineering, lidar, snow mapping
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Title: DETECTING LIQUID WATER IN SNOW AND RETRIEVING SNOW PROPERTIES WITH HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING AND UPWARD LOOKING RADAR; A NEW ERA IN SNOWPIT CHARACTERIZATION AND REMOTE SENSING
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Kevin Hammonds, Christopher Donahue, McKenzie Skiles
Description: Water flow through snow, due to snowmelt or rain-on-snow events, is a heterogeneous process that has implications for snowmelt timing and magnitude, s...
Object ID: ISSW2023_O10.02.pdf
Keywords: snow, liquid, radar, hyperspectral, micro-ct, mapping
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Title: USING SNOW REMOTE SENSING AND AVALANCHE SIMULATIONS TO INFORM THE PLACEMENT OF REMOTE AVALANCHE CONTROL SYSTEMS
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Katreen Wikstrom Jones, Gabriel J. Wolken, Matt McKee, Perry Bartelt, Yves Buhler, Marc Christen
Description: Snow avalanches regularly damage infrastructure and block transportation corridors in mountainous regions in Alaska, impeding access to natural resour...
Object ID: ISSW2023_O13.02.pdf
Keywords: avalanche modeling, remote avalanche control systems, remote sensing, lidar, snow mapping
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