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Title: AVALANCHE SCENARIO MAPS: FROM TERRAIN IDENTIFICATION TO DECISION SUPPORT TOOL
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Christoph Hesselbach, Jakob Schwarz, Paula Spannring, Anna Wirbel, Andreas Huber, Michael Winkler, Christoph Mitterer, Harald Riedl, Jan-Thomas Fischer
Description: Site-specific avalanche warning requires spatially explicit estimates of where avalanches may release, how they may propagate, and what size they may ...
Object ID: ISSW2026_FS2.3.pdf
Keywords: avalanche terrain identification, avalanche scenario maps, site-specific avalanche warning, avalanche size, avalanche simulation, decision support
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Title: A CONSEQUENCE ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK FOR SITE-SPECIFIC ROAD AVALANCHE WARNING IN NORWAY
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Markus Eckerstorfer, Emil Solbakken, Halgeir Dahle, Tore Humstad, Njål Farestveit, Jens Øyen Tveit, Eivind Schnell Juvik, Dag Theodor Røsvik Andreassen
Description: Site-specific avalanche warning for roads is a risk-reducing measure that combines an assessment of avalanche likelihood with an impact-based assessme...
Object ID: ISSW2026_O2.1.pdf
Keywords: site-specific avalanche warning, consequence assessment, road avalanche risk, residual risk, impact-based forecasting
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Title: WIDESPREAD WET AVALANCHES BUT A SAFE ROAD: THE MARCH 2025 WET SNOW CYCLE IN HARDANGER AND LESSONS FROM SITE-SPECIFIC FORECASTING ON E134 HAUKELIFJELL
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Njål Farestveit, Markus Eckerstorfer, Halgeir Dahle
Description: On 4–5 March 2025, an extensive wet avalanche cycle struck the Hardanger region of western Norway, closing multiple roads through avalanche debris, ...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P2.52.pdf
Keywords: wet avalanche, site-specific forecasting, avalanche control, road safety, snowpack, hardanger
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Title: FROM HAZARD ASSESSMENT TO ACTION IN SITE-SPECIFIC AVALANCHE OPERATIONS
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Aaron Careaga, Scott Havens, Don Sharaf, Dave Richards, Clark Corey
Description: Frameworks such as the Conceptual Model of Avalanche Hazard (CMAH; Statham et al., 2018) provide a structured basis for characterizing avalanche hazar...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P2.7.pdf
Keywords: avalanche hazard assessment, cmah, site-specific forecasting, hazard action matrices, operational decision support, osarm
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Title: MOBILE DRONE DOCKING STATIONS TO SUPPORT SITE-SPECIFIC AVALANCHE OBSERVATIONS AND FORECASTING
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Halgeir Dahle, Ruben Jacobsen, Knut Inge Orset, Tore Humstad
Description: During periods of elevated avalanche hazard, field observations may be restricted due to safety concerns, limited accessibility, or rapidly changing c...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P3.21.pdf
Keywords: site-specific forecasting, road avalanche warning, mobile drone station, autonomous
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Title: SITE SPECIFIC WARNING POLLFJELLET AKA "THE AVALANCHE MACHINE", THE SIGNIFICANCE OF A METEOROLOGICAL ANALYSIS
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Kristin Brandtsegg Lome, Hallvard Skaare Nordbrøden, Siiri Wickström, Nils Arne Kavli Walberg
Description: The mountain “Pollfjellet” in Lyngen municipality has several avalanche paths, and a radar is installed as a mitigation measure to detect avalanch...
Object ID: ISSW2024_O1.1.pdf
Keywords: site-specific, avalanche warning, meteorological condition
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Title: APPLICATION AND EVALUATION OF THE EAWS GUIDELINES FOR SITE-SPECIFIC AVALANCHE WARNING
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Dr. Christian Jaedicke, Dr. Fabiano Monti, Paola Dellavedova, Lukas Stoffel, Sergio Azzarello, Toni Molné
Description: The EAWS (European Avalanche Warning Services) recommendations for site-specific avalanche warning were officially adopted in 2022. The guidelines pro...
Object ID: ISSW2024_O1.2.pdf
Keywords: avalanche warning, site-specific, risk management, eaws
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Title: REPEATED UAS LIDAR SCANNING OF SNOW SURFACE TO SUPPORT SITE-SPECIFIC AVALANCHE WARNING
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Emil Solbakken
Description: Site-specific avalanche warning often involves assessment of avalanche hazard in remote avalanche paths with limited observations of relevant snowpack...
Object ID: ISSW2024_O1.5.pdf
Keywords: lidar, uas, site-specific avalanche warning
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Title: SITE-SPECIFIC SLUSH FLOW WARNING ON HIGHWAY RV80, NORTHERN NORWAY
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Dag Theodor Røsvik Andreassen, Ms. Jeanette Kvalvågnes, Ms. Ida Bohlin, Ms. Elisabeth Rasmussen
Description: RV80 is the main road to Bodø, the largest city in Nordland County in Northern Norway. About 30 minutes outside the city is Ytre Kistrand, an area wi...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P6.2.pdf
Keywords: slush flow, site-specific, warning, mitigating measures
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Title: DIRECT SNOWDRIFT MEASUREMENTS IN SITE-SPECIFIC AVALANCHE WARNING – A CASE STUDY FROM JOTUNHEIMEN, NORWAY
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Siiri Wickström, Nils Arne K. Walberg, Pål F. Lohne, Hallvard S. Nordbrøden, Kalle Kronholm
Description: Snowdrift significantly influences snow distribution in mountainous regions, making it a critical factor in avalanche forecasting. Quantifying snowdri...
Object ID: ISSW2024_O10.1.pdf
Keywords: snowdrift, site-specific avalanche warning, case-study
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Title: A PROCESS-BASED DEFINITION OF SITE-SPECIFIC AVALANCHE WARNING
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Christian Jaedicke, Fabiano Monti, Paola Dellavedova, Lukas Stoffel, Sergio Azzarello, Toni Molné
Description: The definition of site-specific avalanche warning is based on the process of assessing the probability of an avalanche to release in one or several sp...
Object ID: ISSW2023_P1.15.pdf
Keywords: avalanche warning, site-specific, regional, local, european avalanche warning services
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Title: ASSESSING THE LIKELIHOOD FOR EACH AVALANCHE SIZE IN SITE-SPECIFIC AVALANCHE FORECASTING
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Stian Langeland, Walter Steinkogler
Description: When an object of value is exposed to avalanche hazard this object is at risk. One way of managing such risk is by executing site-specific avalanche f...
Object ID: ISSW2023_P1.18.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, site-specific avalanche forecasting, tasarm, risk
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