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Title: INTEGRATING METEOROLOGICAL UNCERTAINTY INTO OPERATIONAL SNOWPACK AND AVALANCHE HAZARD MODELLING: INITIAL EXPLORATIONS IN ENSEMBLE FORECASTING
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Jacopo Borsotti, Martin Metzger, Pascal Haegeli, Simon Horton, Martin Perfler, Florian Herla, Fabiano Monti
Description: Snowpack modelling has established itself as a valuable additional source of information for avalanche forecasting. However, translating uncertainty i...
Object ID: ISSW2026_FS4.5.pdf
Keywords: snowpack modelling, meteorological uncertainty, ensemble modelling, snow stratigraphy, skier triggering
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Title: WHICH BUILDINGS ARE AT RISK? MEET ALARM: AN AUTOMATED WORKFLOW LINKING AVALANCHE RUNOUT MODELLING TO BUILDING RISK ASSESSMENT FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN NORWAY
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Leonie Kommerell, Håvard Boutera Toft, Gustav Pless, Karin Bergbjørn
Description: During periods of high/extreme avalanche hazard, decision makers need to identify which buildings may be exposed and where field assessments or evacua...
Object ID: ISSW2026_O5.2.pdf
Keywords: avalanche exposure, emergency management, potential release areas, runout modelling, decision support, building prioritization
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Title: PRACTICAL EXPERIENCES WITH THE OPEN-SOURCE AVALANCHE SIMULATION TOOL AVAFRAME
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Matthias Granig, Felix Oesterle, Engelbert Gleirscher
Description: Since 2023, the open-source avalanche simulation framework AvaFrame has been in operational use. Developed through a cooperation between the Austrian ...
Object ID: ISSW2026_O5.6.pdf
Keywords: avalanche modelling, avaframe, open-source tool, natural hazards, practical use.
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Title: Numerical study of the feasibility of a downslope structure to limit avalanche size during avalanche control activity
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Francis Meloche, Ron Simenhois, Don Sharaf, Ethan Greene, Johan Gaume
Description: Avalanche defense structures in starting zones are effective, but they are also expensive and visually intrusive; as a result, many highway programs i...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P1.51.pdf
Keywords: crack arrest, avalanche mitigation structures, release size, numerical modelling, depth-averaged material-point-method.
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Title: WHEN AVALANCHES GET WETTER: ARE OUR BUILDING CODES FIT FOR THE FUTURE?
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Michael L. Kyburz, Stefan Margreth, Betty Sovilla, Johan Gaume
Description: Avalanche impact pressures on structures remain challenging to predict because avalanche–structure interactions depend strongly on flow regime, snow...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P1.55.pdf
Keywords: wet avalanche impact loads, guidelines on structural actions, 3d numerical modelling, material point method, climate change
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Title: CONSTRAINING μ(I) PARAMETERS FOR SNOW AVALANCHE MODELLING: A CASE STUDY IN THE CENTRAL APENNINES, ITALY
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Sophie Fontana, Lars Blatny, Johan Gaume, Davide Pasquali, Marcello Di Risio
Description: Avalanche hazard assessment and the design of avalanche defensive structures rely on the accurate simulation of avalanche dynamics. This requires past...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P1.56.pdf
Keywords: avalanche dynamics, incidents and case studies, modelling and quantitative forecasting, rheology, terrain
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Title: A MACHINE LEARNING SURROGATE FOR ALPINE3D SNOWPACK SIMULATION: PERSISTENCE-BASED EVALUATION AND A PATH TOWARD SNOWDRIFT
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Michael Brandon Hurd
Description: Distributed snow-cover models such as Alpine3D and SNOWPACK provide spatially detailed information on snowpack evolution, surface energy balance, and ...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P1.58.pdf
Keywords: graph neural network, alpine3d, snowpack, snowpack modelling, avalanche forecasting, persistence baseline
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Title: USING HIGH-RESOLUTION VERTICAL TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS TO FORECAST PERSISTENT WEAK LAYER FORMATION
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Seth Waterfall, John Stimberis, Rachel Griffith
Description: Vertical temperature gradients near the snow surface play a critical role in snowpack metamorphism and atmospheric energy exchange. The near-surface b...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P2.18.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, instrumentation and remote sensing, snowpack properties, modelling and quantitative forecasting
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Title: A PRACTICAL EXAMPLE OF AVALANCHE STUDY AND MODELLING AND ACTIVE TRIGGERING SOLUTION IMPLEMENTATION IN UZBEKISTAN
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: García-Sellés C, Riba S, Berger T
Description: A relevant project has been under progress on behalf of the Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade (MIFT) of the Republic of Uzbekistan which aims a...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P2.53.pdf
Keywords: gas racs – avalanche – modelling – tian shan -
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Title: A GIS-BASED METHODOLOGY FOR REAL-TIME PRIORITIZATION OF AVALANCHE CONTROL OPERATIONS IN THE ORDINO ARCALÍS SKI AREA, ANDORRA
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Sergi Riba Porras, Joan Viladomat, Carles García-Sellés
Description: Prioritizing avalanche control operations in ski areas requires the integration of terrain susceptibility, snowpack evolution, operational exposure, a...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P2.59.pdf
Keywords: avalanche control, gis, numerical modelling, snowpack stability, decision rules, ordino arcalís
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Title: DEVELOPING THE NATIONAL AVALANCHE FORECASTING SYSTEM FOR FINLAND USING IOT WEATHER STATION DATA AND SNOW MODELS
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Tommi Laitervo, Kaisa Landon
Description: This project aims to advance avalanche forecasting in Finland towards closer alignment with European Avalanche Warning Services (EAWS) standards. At ...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P2.63.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting; iot weather stations; snow modelling; snowmodel; snowpack
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Title: TO MEASURE OR NOT TO MEASURE: HOW DENSITY-DETERMINATION METHODS CAN INFLUENCE SNOW INSTABILITY SIMULATED FROM OBSERVED PROFILES
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Leonardo Zoltan, Ingrid Reiweger
Description: Numerical snow cover models have emerged as valuable tools for avalanche forecasting, simulating snowpack stratigraphy and producing instability metri...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P3.17.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, modelling and quantitative forecasting, snowpack properties, snow density
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Title: VALIDATION OF SNOWPACK SIMULATIONS USING A LOW-COST WEATHER STATION IN SOUTHERN NORWAY
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Bert Kruyt, Markus Landrø, Håvard Boutera Toft, Rasmus Haury, Eirik Stave, Jostein Aasen, Karsten Müller
Description: Snow-cover models are increasingly used to support avalanche forecasting, but their reliability must be demonstrated under prevailing climatic conditi...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P3.26.pdf
Keywords: validation, modelling, snowpack, norway, case-study
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Title: LAYERWISE: A FRACTURE-MECHANICAL CONCEPT FOR SNOW PROFILE INTERPRETATION
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Yannik Werner, Valentin Adam, Stephan Harvey, Mary Kate Carara, Samuel Verplanck, Alec van Herwijnen, Florian Rheinschmidt, Philipp Weißgraeber, Philipp L. Rosendahl
Description: When interpreting a snow profile, snow industry professionals rely on accumulated knowledge and intuition to judge overall snowpack stability. Explici...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P3.33.pdf
Keywords: snow stability assessment, analytical modelling, decision support, interactive learning, avalanche initiation, propagation potential
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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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