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Title: Before machine learning: validating historical SNOWPACK simulations for avalanche hazard forecasting in Glacier National Park, B.C., Canada.: Date: 2026-09-28; Authors: Benjamin Imbach, Francis Meloche, Jean-Benoit Madore, Paul Billecocq, Francis Gauthier, Alexandre Langlois, Philippe Gachon; Description: Accurate avalanche hazard forecasting depends on reliable snow and weather information, which is often unavailable in the complex mountainous terrain ...; Object ID: ISSW2026_O2.3.pdf; Keywords: avalanche forecasting, snowpack/alpine3d, model validation, weak layer identification, meteorological forcing data, glacier national park; View additional details about Before machine learning: validating historical SNOWPACK simulations for avalanche hazard forecasting in Glacier National Park, B.C., Canada.

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; View additional details about AN AUTOMATED METHOD FOR REGIONAL AVALANCHE ALPHA-ANGLE CHARACTERIZATION BASED IN WESTERN CANADA

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; View additional details about AUTOATES V3.0: AUTOMATED ATES MAPPING AT SCALE ACROSS WESTERN CANADA

Title: VALIDATION OF A WIND TRANSPORT SCENARIOS TOOL: Date: 2023-10-08; Authors: Eloïse Bovet, Nathalie Durand, Andrea Debernardi, Luca Pitet, Igor Torlai; Description: The wind drift plays an important role in the definition of avalanche scenarios. In order to forecast the slopes subjected to snow drift a rapid and s...; Object ID: ISSW2023_P1.02.pdf; Keywords: snow drift, meteorological model, validation, forecast, avalanche scenario; View additional details about VALIDATION OF A WIND TRANSPORT SCENARIOS TOOL

Title: Comparison of Modelled and Measured Point Snow Profiles: A Tool for Validating Snow-Cover Models of the Next Generation?: Date: 2014-09-29; Authors: Charles Fierz, Franziska Gerber, Michael Lehning; Description: ProfEval, a method to objectively compare measured with computed snow profiles, was proposed back in 2001. The method includes algorithms to compare m...; Object ID: ISSW14_paper_P2.42.pdf; Keywords: snow, snow-cover modelling, snow profiles, model validation; View additional details about Comparison of Modelled and Measured Point Snow Profiles: A Tool for Validating Snow-Cover Models of the Next Generation?

Title: Validation of the Snowpack Model in the Dolomites: Date: 2009; Authors: Fabiano Monti, Anselmo Cagnati, Charles Fierz, Michael Lehning, Mauro Valt, Andrea Pozzi; Description: Starting from the 2004 winter season, the SNOWPACK snow cover model has been operational at the Avalanche Forecasting Centre in Arabbe (Dolomites, Ita...; Object ID: issw-2009-0313-0317.pdf; Keywords: snowpack model, snow metamorphism, model validation, wind effects; View additional details about Validation of the Snowpack Model in the Dolomites

Title: Development of a Model for Water and Heat Exchange Between the Atmosphere and a Water Body: Date: 2008-09-22; Authors: Shufen Sun, Weiping Li, Yao Chu; Description: A model for studying the heat and mass exchange between the atmosphere and a water body is developed, in which the phase change process of liquid wate...; Object ID:; Keywords: liquid water-ice-snow system, enthalpy model, convective mixing, model validation; View additional details about Development of a Model for Water and Heat Exchange Between the Atmosphere and a Water Body

Title: A Statistical Validation of the Snowpack Model in a Montana Climate: Date: 2000; Authors: Christopher C. Lundy, Robert L. Brown, Edward E. Adams, Karl W. Birkeland, Michael Lehning; Description: Recently, a computer model has been developed by the Swiss Federal Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research that- simulates the evolution of a natura...; Object ID: issw-2000-259-265.pdf; Keywords: snowpack modeling, snow metamorphism, model validation, snowpack evolution; View additional details about A Statistical Validation of the Snowpack Model in a Montana Climate