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Title: FROM DETECTION TO DECISION SUPPORT: EXPANDING THE ROLE OF DOPPLER AVALANCHE RADAR IN HAZARD MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Théo St. Pierre Ostrander, Heather Hordowick, Bret Shandro, Eoin Trainor, Peter Barsevskis, Maxence Carrel, Greg Johnson
Description: Avalanche mitigation infrastructure, including remote avalanche control systems, bridges, snowsheds, and large earthen diversion or arresting structur...
Object ID: ISSW2026_FS4.2.pdf
Keywords: doppler radar, planning, operations, monitoring, mitigation.
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Title: MONITORING OF AVALANCHES USING DAS: FROM RELEASE TO FLOW MOTION DETECTION
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Cristina Pérez-Guillén, Pascal Edme, Andri Simeon, Johannes Aichele, Alec van Herwijnen, Andreas Fichtner, Johan Gaume
Description: The destructive power of snow avalanches and the uncertainty in predicting them demand reliable monitoring systems in mountain regions. Distributed Ac...
Object ID: ISSW2026_FS4.6.pdf
Keywords: avalanche detection, distributed acoustic sensing (das) monitoring, avalanche release
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Title: AN INTEGRATED MULTI-INSTRUMENT FRAMEWORK FOR OPERATIONAL AVALANCHE RISK MANAGEMENT: THE MILANO CORTINA 2026 WINTER OLYMPICS IN LIVIGNO, ITALY
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Fabiano Monti, Alberto Mariani, Martin Metzger, Luca Dellarole, Giacomo Villa, Diana Lazzeri
Description: Avalanche risk management in complex alpine environments increasingly relies on the integration of heterogeneous data sources and modelling approaches...
Object ID: ISSW2026_O5.4.pdf
Keywords: avalanche risk management; multi-instrument monitoring; snowpack; prism; avaframe; sar remote sensing; winter olympics
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Title: DRY-TO-WET TRANSITIONAL AVALANCHES: INFERENCE MADE USING INFRA SOUND SURVEILLANCE
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Jeffrey Johnson, Scott Havens, Timothy Glassett, Chris Stinson, Steven Clark, Jerry Mock, Hans Peter Marshall, Leighton Watson
Description: The maritime climate of Turnagain Arm, near Anchorage, Alaska, provides snow conditions conducive to the generation of frequent large avalanches, whic...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P1.28.pdf
Keywords: avalanche monitoring, infrasound, transitional avalanches
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Title: A COMPREHENSIVE AVALANCHE MITIGATION AND MONITORING FRAMEWORK FOR ARCTIC COASTAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION ON ARNØYA, NORWAY
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: von Wartburg J, Wickström S, Berger T, Kavli Walberg N, St Pierre Ostrander T, Carrel M
Description: Arnøya, a remote island in Troms County, Northern Norway, saw the installation of a comprehensive avalanche mitigation and monitoring system in 2024,...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P2.40.pdf
Keywords: avalanche monitoring, norway, racs, mitigation, forecasting
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Title: Advancements In Avalanche Mitigation and Monitoring – Mt. Superior, Utah
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Théo St. Pierre Ostrander, Steven Clark, Laurie Delaney, Maxence Carrel
Description: Mt. Superior, situated within the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Utah, United States, generates avalanches that pose a significant hazard to s...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P2.6.pdf
Keywords: avalanche radar, mitigation, monitoring
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Title: D-SCALE VERSUS INFRASOUND: REMOTE QUANTIFICATION OF AVALANCHE SIZE
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Jeffrey Johnson, Jerry Mock, Steven Clark, Laurie Delaney, Scott Havens, Owen Walsh, Gustavo Behar
Description: Infrasound monitoring is an established technology for detecting and mapping the progression of both triggered and natural snow avalanches and has bee...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P3.19.pdf
Keywords: avalanche monitoring, infrasound, d-scale, size estimation
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Title: Near real-time snow depth monitoring with low-cost lidar sensors for road safety decisions
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Pia Ruttner, Julia Glaus, Yves Bühler
Description: Operational avalanche safety decisions often must be taken under conditions of limited direct observations and sparse spatial data coverage. In partic...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P3.27.pdf
Keywords: remote sensing, snow depth monitoring, low-cost lidar, road safety
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Title: VALIDATION OF BLUETOOTH LOW ENERGY (BLE) COUNTERS FOR MONITORING BACKCOUNTRY USE
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Ingeborg K. Bruflot, Vegard Vereide, Håvard B. Toft
Description: It is widely acknowledged that backcountry skiing has increased in popularity in recent years. However, accurate quantification of participants requir...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P3.37.pdf
Keywords: quantifying backcountry use, bluetooth low energy, monitoring method
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Title: SITE SUITABILITY, PERFORMANCE, AND OPERATIONAL LESSONS FROM SIX YEARS OF INFRASOUND AVALANCHE MONITORING
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Jerry Mock, Scott Havens, Aaron Careaga, Clark Corey
Description: Infrasound monitoring uses low-frequency acoustic signals, typically below 20 Hz, to detect and characterize avalanche activity over operationally use...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P3.45.pdf
Keywords: infrasonic, avalanche detection, remote monitoring, site suitability, avalanche mitigation
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Title: BEYOND INFRASTRUCTURE: AN OFF-GRID, TRAILER-BASED AVALANCHE RADAR FOR REMOTE FORECASTING AND OPERATIONAL DECISION SUPPORT
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Susanne Wahlen, Severin Staehly, Lorenz Meier
Description: Automated avalanche detection provides continuous information on avalanche activity independently of daylight and visibility conditions, and is partic...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P3.59.pdf
Keywords: avalanche detection, doppler radar, automated monitoring, off-grid power supply, mobile monitoring, road safety
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Title: FROM FIELD OBSERVATIONS TO ANALYSIS: CHANGING SNOWPACK AND AVALANCHE CONDITIONS IN THE AOSTA VALLEY (NW ITALIAN ALPS)
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Simone Laurent Roveyaz, Eloïse Bovet, Andrea Debernardi, Nathalie Durand, Stefano Pivot
Description: In recent years, avalanche forecasters in the Aosta Valley have observed significant changes in snowpack characteristics and avalanche dynamics due to...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P4.25.pdf
Keywords: snow-cover monitoring, historical database, climate change
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Title: THE STORIES BEHIND THE DATA: 30 YEARS OF SNOWPACK SURVEYS ON NIWOT RIDGE
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Jennifer Frances Morse
Description: My work is a case study about the co-development of an academic field safety program with a high alpine fine-scale snow depth and snow profile record ...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P4.53.pdf
Keywords: academic field safety, long-term snowpack monitoring, near-miss reporting, alpine snow distribution, risk management, field research
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Title: RECENT ADVANCES IN MEASURING SNOW PHYSICAL PROPERTIES: DENSITY, SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA, AND LIQUID WATER CONTENT
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Benjamin Walter, Valentin Philippe, Leah Gaillard Festa, Michael Lombardo, Lars Mewes
Description: Accurate measurements of snow density, specific surface area (SSA), and liquid water content (LWC) are essential for studying snow metamorphosis, snow...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P4.7.pdf
Keywords: snow microstructure, density, specific surface area, liquid water content, cryosphere monitoring.
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Title: SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT: SURVEY ON ITALIAN TERRITORY, FIRST RESULTS.
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Antonio Cardillo
Description: The Italian Avalanche Service, technical body of the Italian Alpine Club, is involved in the analysis of snow water equivalent (SWE) on a national sca...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P5.4.pdf
Keywords: snow water equivalent, monitoring, italian avalanche service, climate change
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