International Snow Science Workshop Proceedings - Montana State University Library

skip navigation

Digital Collections Home

Your search for Keyword "railway"resulted in 5 records.

Title: QUANTIFYING THE RISK TO AVALANCHE PRONE ROADS: CONSIDERATIONS FOR IMPLEMENTING THE AVALANCHE HAZARD INDEX
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Jordy Hendrikx, Alan Jones, David Hamre, Chris Wilbur
Description: The Avalanche Hazard Index (AHI) method was pioneered in the early 1980s and published by Schaerer in 1989. Since then, the AHI method has been applie...
Object ID: ISSW2024_O7.11.pdf
Keywords: avalanche, risk, hazard, management, road, railway, ahi
View additional details about QUANTIFYING THE RISK TO AVALANCHE PRONE ROADS: CONSIDERATIONS FOR IMPLEMENTING THE AVALANCHE HAZARD INDEX

Title: CHALLENGES IN USING THE AVALANCHE HAZARD INDEX – A CASE STUDY FROM THE BNSF RAILWAY AVALANCHE PROGRAM, ESSEX, MONTANA, USA
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Adam M. Clark, Richard W. Steiner, David Hamre
Description: The Avalanche Hazard Index (AHI) was originally developed by Canadian Peter Schaerer in the 1970s and 1980s to assess the avalanche risk to highways m...
Object ID: ISSW2023_P2.43.pdf
Keywords: avalanche hazard index (ahi), bnsf railway, risk analysis, risk communication
View additional details about CHALLENGES IN USING THE AVALANCHE HAZARD INDEX – A CASE STUDY FROM THE BNSF RAILWAY AVALANCHE PROGRAM, ESSEX, MONTANA, USA

Title: UTILIZING ACCELEROMETERS FOR AVALANCHE DEBRIS DETECTION ON THE BNSF RAIL GRADE
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Richard W Steiner, Mitch Beard, Adam Clark, Ross Sterling
Description: Since 2005 BNSF Railway (BNSF) has operated an avalanche safety program (Program) in John F. Stevens Canyon (JFS) of northwestern Montana, USA. The P...
Object ID: ISSW2023_P3.48.pdf
Keywords: bnsf railway, accelerometer, slide fence, avalanche detection
View additional details about UTILIZING ACCELEROMETERS FOR AVALANCHE DEBRIS DETECTION ON THE BNSF RAIL GRADE

Title: Collecting and Preserving the History of Snow Avalanche Activity, Research and Safety in Canada
Date: 2014-09-29
Authors: John G. Woods, Michel Labrecque, Cathy English, Tomoaki Fujimura
Description: Collecting and preserving the objects and records of avalanche activity, research and safety provides valuable historic resources to avalanche profess...
Object ID: ISSW14_paper_P4.43.pdf
Keywords: railway, highway, mining, recreation, museums, archives
View additional details about Collecting and Preserving the History of Snow Avalanche Activity, Research and Safety in Canada

Title: Forecasting Forest Avalanches: A Review of Winter 2011/12
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Michaela Teich, Frank Techel, Peder Caviezel, Peter Bebi
Description: Mountain forests play a crucial role in avalanche mitigation by hindering avalanche formation. Nevertheless, due to the complex interactions between e...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-24.pdf
Keywords: forest avalanches, forecasting, road, railway, ski-run safety
View additional details about Forecasting Forest Avalanches: A Review of Winter 2011/12