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Title: ASSESSING THE APPLICABILITY OF SNOWPACK IN AN ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT: A CASE STUDY IN NUNAVIK, QC
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: PAQUETTE VIOLAINE
Description: Avalanche hazard in Arctic regions remains poorly documented, partly because continuous meteorological and snowpack observations are spatially limited...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P3.58.pdf
Keywords: snowpack modelling, arctic snowpack, nunavik, avalanche hazard, model evaluation, alpine 3d
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Title: SCALING OPERATIONAL SNOWPACK MODELING: INFRASTRUCTURE CHALLENGES AT THE 2.5 KM NWP GRID RESOLUTION
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Bryce Schroers, Simon Horton
Description: Avalanche Canada runs a SNOWPACK simulation every morning, so that forecasters begin the day with modelled snow profiles and stability indices. Until ...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P3.8.pdf
Keywords: snowpack modelling, operational forecasting, high-performance computing, data formats, model output, cloud infrastructure
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Title: SNOWPACK MODEL SENSITIVITY TO OBSERVATIONAL AND WEATHER MODEL INPUTS
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Ryan Szczerbinski, Travis J. Morrison, McKinley Talty, Jim Steenburgh
Description: The SNOWPACK model has shown skill in predicting the formation and evolution of various layers within the seasonal snowpack, including instances of av...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P4.12.pdf
Keywords: snowpack and weather modeling, observation-model comparisons, snowpack properties, weather model downscaling
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Title: AN AUTOMATED METHOD FOR REGIONAL AVALANCHE ALPHA-ANGLE CHARACTERIZATION BASED IN WESTERN CANADA
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Declan Knies, John Sykes, Pascal Haegeli
Description: The Avalanche Terrain Exposure Scale (ATES) is used to communicate spatial susceptibility to avalanche terrain (Statham and Campbell 2025). Historical...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P4.45.pdf
Keywords: automated avalanche terrain mapping; flowpy; runout simulation; model validation; alpha-angle
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Title: AUTOATES V3.0: AUTOMATED ATES MAPPING AT SCALE ACROSS WESTERN CANADA
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: John Sykes, Declan Knies, Pascal Haegeli, Kristin Anthony-Malone, Grant Statham
Description: Avalanche Terrain Exposure Scale (ATES) maps help backcountry travelers understand how exposed a piece of terrain is to avalanche hazard. Making those...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P4.48.pdf
Keywords: automated avalanche terrain mapping; avalanche terrain exposure scale (ates); runout simulation; model validation; trip planning
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Title: CLIMATE-DRIVEN SHIFTS IN SNOWPACK CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR WET SNOW AVALANCHES: INSIGHTS FROM SNOW COVER MODEL SIMULATIONS
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Walter Steinkogler
Description: Effective knowledge transfer is critical to operational continuity and safety in high-risk environments. When knowledge transfer fails, operational ri...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P4.31.pdf
Keywords: knowledge transfer, explicit knowledge, tacit knowledge, seci model, avalanche forecasting.
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Title: HUMAN VS. MACHINE - COMPARING MODEL PREDICTIONS AND HUMAN FORECASTS OF AVALANCHE DANGER AND SNOW INSTABILITY IN THE SWISS ALPS
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Frank Techel, Andrea Helfenstein, Stephanie Mayer, Cristina Pérez-Guillén, Ross Purves, Marc Ruesch, Günter Schmudlach, Katia Soland, Kurt Winkler
Description: In recent years, the integration of physical snowpack models coupled with machine-learning techniques has become more prevalent in public avalanche fo...
Object ID: ISSW2024_O1.6.pdf
Keywords: public avalanche forecasting, forecast verification, machine learning, model-driven predictions
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Title: AN ANALYSIS OF FORECASTER ACCURACY IN PREDICTING AVALANCHE PROBLEM TYPE AND LIKELIHOOD IN SKI AREA OPERATIONAL HAZARD ASSESSMENTS
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Wendolyn Antibus, Evan Leonard, Matt Zupan
Description: Forecasting staff at Mt Rose Ski Tahoe have been utilizing the InfoEx International product to issue daily hazard assessments and record avalanche act...
Object ID: ISSW2024_O1.11.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, ski resort operations, conceptual model, infoex, avalanche problem type, avalanche likelihood
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Title: ESTABLISHING AN OPERATIONAL WEATHER & SNOWPACK MODEL CHAIN IN NORWAY TO SUPPORT AVALANCHE FORECASTING
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Florian Herla, Aron Widforss, Michael Binder, Karsten Müller, Simon Horton, Michael Reisecker, Christoph Mitterer
Description: Avalanche forecasts in Norway cover vast regions with sparse weather and snowpack observations, creating significant challenges for accurate hazard as...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P1.15.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, snowpack modeling, large-scale operational model chain, awsome
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Title: SITE-SPECIFIC PROBALISTIC FORECAST FOR AVALANCHES IN HOLMBUKTURA, LYNGEN, NORWAY
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Benjamin Sigbjørnsen, Eivind S. Juvik
Description: Local avalanche forecasting in Norway today is a manual warning issued by a forecaster based on observations of the snow quality and the weather, weat...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P1.20.pdf
Keywords: probabilistic forecasting, ensemble model, random forests, avalanches
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Title: EVALUATION OF THE TRANSFERABILITY TO THE PYRENEES OF MACHINE LEARNING MODELS DEVELOPED FOR AVALANCHE FORECASTING IN THE SWISS ALPS
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Montse Bacardit, Cristina Pérez-Guillén, Jordi Gavaldà Bordes, Ivan Moner Seira, Martin Hendrick, Fabiano Monti
Description: Avalanche forecasting is crucial for ensuring safety and mobility in snow-covered mountainous regions worldwide. While traditional avalanche forecasts...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P1.27.pdf
Keywords: machine learning, avalanche forecasting, avalanche danger, avalanche activity, snowpack model
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Title: SYNTHESIZING REGIONAL SNOWPACK STABILITY AND AVALANCHE PROBLEMS IN THE OPERATIONAL AWSOME FRAMEWORK
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Florian Herla, Michael Binder, Norbert Lanzanasto, Martin Perfler, Aron Widforss, Michael Reisecker, Karsten Müller, Christoph Mitterer
Description: Snowpack simulations can enhance avalanche forecasting by providing more continuous spatial and temporal assessments, offering short-term forecasts, a...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P1.33.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, snowpack modeling, avalanche hazard assessment modeling, large-scale operational model chain, forecaster dashboard, awsome
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Title: INVESTIGATING DYNAMIC MODEL FRICTION PARAMETERS FOR LOW-VOLUME END-OF-SEASON AVALANCHES
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Cam Campbell, Eirik Sharp, Alexis Tessier
Description: Operational avalanche risk management often relies on subjective assessments of potential avalanche runout extent to determine when the avalanche seas...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P2.12.pdf
Keywords: release volume, runout distance, model parameters, avalanche forecasting
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Title: SENSITIVITY EXPERIMENT OF THE CAPILLARY BARRIER TO LATERAL FLOW USING A MULTI-DIMENSIONAL WATER TRANSPORT MODEL
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Hiroyuki Hirashima
Description: Lateral flow occurs when a water saturated layer forms in the slope snow. The main reasons for the formation of the water saturated layer are the capi...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P3.1.pdf
Keywords: lateral flow, slope snow, water transport model, capillary barrier, water saturated layer
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Title: HOW SNOWMICROPEN RECORDINGS ARE INTEGRATED INTO DAILY FORECASTING WORK BY THE SOFTWARE FRAMEWORK AWSOME
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Mag. Michael Reisecker, Dr. Christoph Mitterer
Description: During the assessment process of avalanche danger forecasters rely on enormous amounts of different data. Most of this data connects only indirectly t...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P3.7.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, snowmicropenetrometer, snowpack, model chains, awsome
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