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Title: APPLYING THE AVALANCHE DANGER SCALE: CONSISTENCY DEPENDS MORE ON THE SITUATION THAN THE FORECASTER: Date: 2026-09-28; Authors: Brian Lazar, Dylan Craaybeek, Frank Techel, Simon Horton, Mike Cooperstein, Simon Trautman, Ethan Greene; Description: Public avalanche forecasts compress complex hazard assessments into a single danger level to guide backcountry recreationists' terrain choices. Danger...; Object ID: ISSW2026_O9.3.pdf; Keywords: avalanche danger scale, forecaster consistency, inter-rater reliability, judgment aggregation, avalanche problems, public avalanche forecasting; View additional details about APPLYING THE AVALANCHE DANGER SCALE: CONSISTENCY DEPENDS MORE ON THE SITUATION THAN THE FORECASTER

Title: DO FORECASTERS AGREE WHEN GIVEN THE SAME INFORMATION? INTER-FORECASTER AGREEMENT ON AVALANCHE PROBLEM LIKELIHOOD UNDER THE EAWS AND CMAH FRAMEWORKS: Date: 2026-09-28; Authors: Olav Kvåle Myksvoll, Tim Dassler, Gerit Pfuhl; Description: Regional avalanche forecasting is a judgement-based process in which experts integrate heterogeneous and uncertain information when assessing avalanch...; Object ID: ISSW2026_P2.48.pdf; Keywords: avalanche problems, forecaster agreement, inter-rater reliability, likelihood, bayesian hierarchical model, avalanche danger; View additional details about DO FORECASTERS AGREE WHEN GIVEN THE SAME INFORMATION? INTER-FORECASTER AGREEMENT ON AVALANCHE PROBLEM LIKELIHOOD UNDER THE EAWS AND CMAH FRAMEWORKS

Title: UNRELIABILITY IN EXPERT ESTIMATES OF FACTORS DETERMINING AVALANCHE DANGER AND IMPACT ON DANGER LEVEL ESTIMATION USING THE MATRIX: Date: 2024-09-23; Authors: Frank Techel, Célia Lucas, Karsten Müller, Christine Pielmeier, Michael Morreau; Description: Recent advances in automated snowpack modelling notwithstanding, public avalanche forecasting relies heavily on human estimates of avalanche condition...; Object ID: ISSW2024_P1.31.pdf; Keywords: avalanche danger level, avalanche forecasting, reliability, eaws matrix, forecast correctness; View additional details about UNRELIABILITY IN EXPERT ESTIMATES OF FACTORS DETERMINING AVALANCHE DANGER AND IMPACT ON DANGER LEVEL ESTIMATION USING THE MATRIX

Title: Snow cover and climate changes in the Italian Alps (1930-2018): Date: 2018-10-07; Authors: Mauro Valt, Paola Cianfarra; Description: The Fifth AR5 report of the working group of the Stockholm IPCC panel confirmed that the snow cover extent in the Northern Hemisphere has been gradual...; Object ID: ISSW2018_P05.18.pdf; Keywords: snow cover, snow reliability, alps, climate.; View additional details about Snow cover and climate changes in the Italian Alps (1930-2018)

Title: Climate change impacts on the snow reliability of French Alps ski resorts: Date: 2018-10-07; Authors: Pierre Spandre, Hugues FranÃ§ois, Deborah Verfaillie, Matthieu Lafaysse, Michel DÃ©quÃ©, Nicolas Eckert, Emmanuelle George, Samuel Morin; Description: The recent evolutions of snowmaking as a mitigation method to address the interannual variability and decrease of natural snow conditions in past deca...; Object ID: ISSW2018_O06.2.pdf; Keywords: ski resorts, snow reliability, snowmaking, climate change.; View additional details about Climate change impacts on the snow reliability of French Alps ski resorts

Title: Towards the Evaluation of Human Factors in Avalanche Early Warning Systems: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Martina Saettele, Michael Bruendl, Kilian Zwirglmaier; Description: Early warning systems (EWS) play a crucial role in managing the risks posed by avalanches and other mass-movement processes to settlements and infrast...; Object ID: ISSW16_O10.01.pdf; Keywords: early warning system, human factors, reliability, decision-making; View additional details about Towards the Evaluation of Human Factors in Avalanche Early Warning Systems

Title: The Reliability of Norwegian Rescue Missions Following Road Related Avalanche Incidents, Modelled with Bayesian Belief Network: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Albert Lunde, Ove NjÃ¥; Description: In Norway, snow avalanches hitting roads are a considerable safety challenge for the rescue services. Previous studies have given rise to wondering ab...; Object ID: ISSW16_P3.11.pdf; Keywords: avalanche rescue, risk management, reliability, risk indicators, bayesian belief networks; View additional details about The Reliability of Norwegian Rescue Missions Following Road Related Avalanche Incidents, Modelled with Bayesian Belief Network

Title: Human Error Revisited: Date: 2012; Authors: Ida Kristensen, Krister Kristensen; Description: It is often reported that a majority of avalanche accidents, as well as accidents in other fields, are caused by human error. In these accident analys...; Object ID: issw-2012-497-500.pdf; Keywords: human error, avalanche risk, education, human reliability; View additional details about Human Error Revisited

Title: Applying New Uncertainty Related Theories and Multicriteria Decision Analysis Methods to Snow Avalanche Risk Management: Date: 2010; Authors: Jean-Marc Tacnet, Mireille Batton-Hubert, Jean Dezert, Didier Richard; Description: Making the best decision in the event of a snow avalanche encounters problems in the assessment and management process because of the lack of informat...; Object ID: ISSW_P-040.pdf; Keywords: snow avalanches, risk management, expert judgement, reliability, uncertainty, decision making, multicriteria decision analysis, analytic hierarchy process (ahp), information fusion, fuzzy sets theory, possibility theory, evidence theory, dempster shafer t; View additional details about Applying New Uncertainty Related Theories and Multicriteria Decision Analysis Methods to Snow Avalanche Risk Management

Title: E.P.A.: Avalanche Permanent Survey, More Than 100 Years of Observation Updated for More Reliability: Date: 2010; Authors: MichaÃ«l DeschÃ¢tres, Sylvain Cabos, Nicolas Eckert, Didier Richard; Description: E.P.A. (Avalanche Permanent Survey) is a descriptive report of selected avalanche areas. Survey is conduced, each winter, by observers assigned betwee...; Object ID: ISSW_P-048.pdf; Keywords: reliability, 100 years of observation, survey; View additional details about E.P.A.: Avalanche Permanent Survey, More Than 100 Years of Observation Updated for More Reliability

Title: Methodology of Snow Avalanche Post-Event Field Investigations: Tools, Difficulties and Perspectives: Date: 2006; Authors: Jean-Marc Tacnet , SÃ©bastien Escande, FranÃ§ois Rapin, Roland Burnet, Mireille Batton-Hubert; Description: Avalanche post-event field investigations are usually made immediately following the event. Assessments and results often vary depending on the person...; Object ID: issw-2006-530-539.pdf; Keywords: snow avalanche assessment, analytic hierarchic process, reliability, traceability, information systems; View additional details about Methodology of Snow Avalanche Post-Event Field Investigations: Tools, Difficulties and Perspectives