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Title: APPLYING THE GROM SCORE ON SNOW PROFILES FROM HUMAN-TRIGGERED SLAB AVALANCHES AND FIELD OBSERVATIONS IN VAL D’ARAN, PYRENEES
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Jordi Gavaldà, Montse Bacardit, Ivan Moner
Description: Since the start of the Aran Avalanche Warning Service in 2004, efforts have been made to record data on avalanche and snowpack characteristics from re...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P3.18.pdf
Keywords: snow stability, avalanche forecasting, avalanche communication, pyrenees
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Title: NEW GEOREFERENCED AVALANCHE DATABASE IN ANDORRA: A BRIEF CHARACTERIZATION OF ACCIDENTS OVER THE LAST 60 YEARS
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Aina Margalef, Anna Albalat, Jon Apodaka, Marc Pons, Laura Trapero
Description: Although avalanches have affected Andorra for as long as can be remembered, the first fatality recorded by rescue services dates to the winter of 1964...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P10.5.pdf
Keywords: avalanche accidents, avalanche database, pyrenees
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Title: AN OPERATIONAL TOOL FOR MANAGING EMERGENCIES BY CIVIL PROTECTION IN CASE OF HIGH AVALANCHE HAZARD
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Carles García-Sellés, Manuel Bertrán, Glòria Martí, Santiago Manguán, Jordi Pons, Francesc Vilar
Description: In the framework of the European RECIPE Project (Reinforcing Civil Protection capabilities into multi-hazard risk assessment under climate change - DG...
Object ID: ISSW2023_P1.10.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, risk assessment, emergency, major avalanches, pyrenees
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Title: REPRODUCING LAYER AND POWDER AVALANCHE FLOW FROM STRUCTURAL BUILDING DAMAGES BY MEANS OF THE RAMMS EXTENDED MODEL
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Sergi Riba, Glòria Martí, Carles García-Sellés, Santiago Manguán, Jordi Pons, Francesc Vilar
Description: The 1995-96 winter was the last major avalanche cycle for the last 50 years in the Eastern Pyrenees. Nearly 150 avalanches were classified as 4 and 5 ...
Object ID: ISSW2023_P2.21.pdf
Keywords: mixed flowing/powder avalanches, ramms extended, impact pressures, eastern pyrenees
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Title: Historic snow avalanches in the Pyrenees: the destruction of the small village of Àrreu (Pallars Sobirà)
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Elena Muntán, Pere Oller
Description: Snow-avalanche events which cause destruction and loss of human lives stand out in the memory of people. In the Pyrenees several such avalanches are h...
Object ID: ISSW2018_P03.14.pdf
Keywords: historical snow avalanches, pyrenees, dendrogeomorphology, snow avalanche modeling.
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Title: Linking variations of meteorological and snow conditions in the French mountain regions to global temperature levels
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Samuel Morin, Deborah Verfaillie, Matthieu Lafaysse, Michel Déqué, Nicolas Eckert, Yves Lejeune, Jean-Michel Soubeyroux
Description: Long term records of Alpine meteorological and snow conditions are prominent indicators of ongoing climate change. However, there have been limited as...
Object ID: ISSW2018_P05.14.pdf
Keywords: climate change, snow, french alps, pyrenees, global warming level.
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Title: Analysis of two avalanche zones in the Southern Pyrenees (Andorra and Catalonia) using historical analysis, snow-climate data and mixed flowing/powder avalanche modelling.
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Sergi Riba Porras, Carles García-Sellés, Perry Bartelt, Lukas Stoffel
Description: Over the last 30 years, Andorra and northern Catalonia (Pyrenean regions) have frequently been affected by avalanche events having as result more than...
Object ID: ISSW2018_P06.8.pdf
Keywords: avalanche dynamics, avalanche modelling, snow climate, eastern pyrenees
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Title: Statistical runout modeling of snow avalanches in the Catalan Pyrenees
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Pere Oller, Cristina Baeza, Glòria Furdada
Description: In the present study, the statistical runout regression model α-β was applied in order to update equations obtained 20 years before in the Catal...
Object ID: ISSW2018_P08.8.pdf
Keywords: avalanche, statistical modeling, regression model, logistic regression model, pyrenees.
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Title: Snowpack patterns in the Eastern Pyrenees and the case of winter 2016/17
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: García-Sellés, C., Martí Domènech, G., Manguán Esteban, S., Martín-Vide, J.
Description: Regional variability and inter-annual differences in avalanche activity in the Eastern Pyrenees (NE of Spain) are the main problems that the Catalan a...
Object ID: ISSW2018_P10.13.pdf
Keywords: snow climate, eastern pyrenees, snowpack patterns
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Title: Patterns of snowpack cooling and consequences on instability in the Pyrenees
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Manguán Esteban, S., García-Sellés, C., Martí Domènech, G.
Description: Surface cooling of the snowpack has two opposite effects on its stability. On the one hand, it can lead to stabilization processes in the case of wet ...
Object ID: ISSW2018_P10.14.pdf
Keywords: surface hoar, near surface facets, synoptic patterns, eastern pyrenees
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Title: Reanalysis of recent avalanche accidents in Val d’Aran, Central Pyrenees: a communication challenge for different user groups
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Jordi Gavaldà, Ivan Moner, Montse Bacardit
Description: For centers issuing avalanche advisories nowadays, communicating with the end user has become a bigger issue than the analysis of the danger itself. A...
Object ID: ISSW2018_O13.2.pdf
Keywords: pyrenees, avalanche accident, communication challenges, human factors
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Title: SWOT analysis in management and danger of snow avalanches in Spain
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Jon Apodaka, Irati Zuluaga
Description: The impacts of avalanches in Spain, including deaths, are concentrated in recreational and mountain sports activities, as well as in mountain and ski ...
Object ID: ISSW2018_P15.17.pdf
Keywords: accident, rescue, education, pyrenees, risk management, spain
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Title: Freeride Vs. Freedead: case study of an avalanche accident with a chaotic rescue in the Pyrennes
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Jon Apodaka
Description: As if a "Boeing 747" was spoken, today there are many practitioners of winter mountain activities that carry their own black boxes, installed with the...
Object ID: ISSW2018_O16.1.pdf
Keywords: accident, rescue, education, pyrenees, risk management
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Title: Semiautomatic Adjustments of the Avaluator for Sidecountry Trips in the Pyrenees
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Sara Orgué, Ivan Moner
Description: We present an adaptation of the Avaluator to obtain safety recommendations for sidecountry trips. We zoned with ATES and set a list of trips in two Ca...
Object ID: ISSW16_P2.40.pdf
Keywords: ates, avaluator, semiautomatic recommendations, pyrenees
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Title: A Model for Avalanche Forecasting on the Bonaigua Pass, Spain, Using Classification Trees
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Pablo Gorospe, Ivan Moner, Montse Bacardit, Jordi Gavaldà
Description: The highway C-28 is located in the Central Pyrenees and links the Aran valley with Cata-lonia along 20 km over the Bonaigua Pass. It constitutes a key...
Object ID: ISSW16_P4.10.pdf
Keywords: pyrenees, avalanche forecasting, modeling, classification trees
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