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Title: WHAT AVALANCHE OBSERVATIONS TELL US ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE OF NUMERICAL MODELS
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Peter Gauer, Nellie Sofie Body, Anniken Helene Aalerud
Description: Avalanche velocity is an important parameter to characterize the avalanche dynamic behavior. Observations imply that the maximum velocity of major ava...
Object ID: ISSW2023_O4.04.pdf
Keywords: avalanche observations, avalanche models, performance test
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Title: TOWARDS A FULLY MODEL-BASED AVALANCHE HAZARD ASSESSMENT: INVESTIGATING THE IMPACT OF INPUT DATA ON MACHINE LEARNING PREDICTIONS.
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Bettina Richter, Mathias Bavay, Martin Hendrick, Stephanie Mayer, Rebecca Mott, Cristina Pérez Guillén, Alec van Herwijnen
Description: Operational avalanche forecasting mostly relies on manual snow profiles, snow instability observations, and weather data to assess the avalanche dange...
Object ID: ISSW2023_O4.06.pdf
Keywords: numerical avalanche forecasting, snow cover modeling, random forest models, weather prediction models
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Title: COMPARING SNOWPACK METEOROLOGICAL INPUTS TO SUPPORT REGIONAL WET SNOW AVALANCHE FORECASTING
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Zachary Miller, Simon Horton, Christoph Mitterer, Erich Peitzsch
Description: Wet snow avalanches are predicted to increase in frequency with climate change and are often difficult to forecast. Improving our understanding of wet...
Object ID: ISSW2023_P1.23.pdf
Keywords: wet snow, snowpack, snow cover models, avalanche forecasting
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Title: DATA-DRIVEN MODELS USED IN OPERATIONAL AVALANCHE FORECASTING IN SWITZERLAND
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Alec van Herwijnen, Stephanie Mayer, Cristina Pérez Guillén, Frank Techel, Martin Hendrick, Jürg Schweizer
Description: One of the main challenges in avalanche forecasting is the complexity of the snowpack and its interactions with the environment. Traditional methods r...
Object ID: ISSW2023_P1.33.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, machine learning, data-driven models
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Title: FORMATION TO RECALIBRATION – HOW MENTAL MODELS ARE FORMED, UPDATED, AND SHARED IN AVALANCHE FORECASTING WORK.
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Laura M.D. Maguire, Aleph Johnston-Bloom, Eeva Latosuo
Description: Avalanche forecasting represents complex cognitive work (McClung, 2002; Adams, 2005; Maguire & Percival, 2018), but much of the understanding of mech...
Object ID: ISSW2023_O3.04.pdf
Keywords: mental models, mentorship, learning, team, knowledge sharing, updating
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Title: To the origin of the temperature bias in the AROME numerical weather forecast model : investigations at a high-altitude site
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Isabelle Gouttevin, Vincent Vionnet, Fatima Karbou, Hugo Merzisen, Yannick Deliot
Description: The AROME-France meso-scale atmospheric model currently provides operational weather forecasts at about 1.3-km spatial resolution over a domain coveri...
Object ID: ISSW2018_P08.9.pdf
Keywords: numerical weather prediction models - mountain meteorology - model biases.
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Title: Comparison of various forecast products of height of new snow in 24 hours of french ski resorts at different lead times
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Champavier Robin, Lafaysse Matthieu, Vernay Matthieu, Coléou Cécile
Description: This work compares the skill of various forecasting products of Height of new Snow (HS) available in French mountainous areas. The solid precipitation...
Object ID: ISSW2018_O12.11.pdf
Keywords: forecasting, height of new snow, french ski resorts, skill score, models
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Title: Deriving Mean Snow Depth in Complex Terrain From Flat Field Measurements
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Nora Helbig, Alec van Herwijnen, Tobias Jonas
Description: Snow depth is an important parameter for various applications, including hydrological and avalanche forecasting. Various measurement networks were the...
Object ID: ISSW16_P1.46.pdf
Keywords: mean snow depth, avalanche forecasting, meteorological models, subgrid parameterization
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Title: Validation of a Coupled Weather and Snowpack Model Across Western Montana
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Kyle Van Peursem, Jordy Hendrikx, Karl Birkeland, Dan Miller, Chris Gibson
Description: Predicting avalanche danger depends on knowledge of the existing snowpack structure and the current and forecasted weather conditions. In remote and d...
Object ID: ISSW16_P4.11.pdf
Keywords: snow cover models, weather models, snowpack, wrf, avalanche forecasting
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Title: How Accurate are Weather Models in Assisting Avalanche Forecasters?
Date: 2014-09-29
Authors: M. Schirmer, B. Jamieson
Description: Avalanche forecasters and decision makers strongly rely on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) models, for example on the forecasted precipitation amou...
Object ID: ISSW14_paper_O3.04.pdf
Keywords: numerical weather prediction models, validation, precipitation
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Title: Linking Large-Scale Wet-Snow Spatial Patterns in Mountainous Terrain to Incident Radiation and Topography
Date: 2014-09-29
Authors: N. Helbig, F. Techel, A. van Herwijnen, T. Jonas
Description: Water percolating through the snow cover can lead to wet-snow instability as well as snowmelt runoff. The accurate prediction of spatial patterns of w...
Object ID: ISSW14_paper_P1.13.pdf
Keywords: wet-snow; avalanche forecasting; meteorological models; subgrid parameterization
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Title: Identification of Slushflow Situations from Regional Weather Models
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Christian Jaedicke, Oyvind Armand Hoydal, Knut Helge Midtbo
Description: Slushflows are known phenomena that cause significant problems for settlements and infrastructure in Norway. Even though single events in the same loc...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O1-05.pdf
Keywords: slushflow, avalanche warning, weather models, forecasting
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Title: Application of Empirical Calculations and Dynamics Models for Snow Avalanche Hazard Assessment in Russia
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Alla S. Turchaninova
Description: A lot of statistical runout models based on topographic parameters of the avalanche tracks were performed by snow engineers for different mountain re...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-51.pdf
Keywords: snow avalanche, statistical runout models, dynamics modeling, ramms, hazard assessment
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Title: Snaps - Snow, Ice and Avalanche Applications
Date: 2012
Authors: Harpa Grímsdóttir, Magni Hreinn Jónsson, Krister Kristensen, Hedda Breien
Description: The SNAPS project focuses on snow and avalanche services for transport infrastructure in selected areas within the Northern Periphery in Iceland, Norw...
Object ID: issw-2012-161-164.pdf
Keywords: avalanches, avalanche forecasting, transport, snow models, snow maps
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Title: Nowcast With a Forescast – Snow Cover Simulations on Slopes
Date: 2012
Authors: Sascha Bellaire, Bruce Jamieson
Description: The snow cover model SNOWPACK simulates the snow cover formation and evolution based on meteorological parameters. In the past, these parameters were...
Object ID: issw-2012-172-178.pdf
Keywords: snowpack, snow cover modeling, avalanche warning, numerical weather prediction models, snow cover stratigraphy, model output statistics
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