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- Title: Study on the Model to Estimate the Snow Property of the Slope Snowpack
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Ryota Sato, Yasushi Kamata, Masaya Shishido
- Description: To ensure the safety of train operations for full depth avalanche, it is important to estimate the stability of the slope snow. And then, it is necess...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P1.37.pdf
- Keywords: stability of the slope snowpack, physical properties, amedas weather data
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- Title: Changes of Snow Cover Area in Different Aspects in Kaidu River Basin Based on Modis Data
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Feiyun Zhang, Lanhai Li
- Description: Snow cover plays an important role in balancing earth surface heat and generating runoff in alpine basins. Snowpack accumulation depends on snowfall a...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P1.38.pdf
- Keywords: modis; snow cover; aspects; kaidu river basin
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- Title: A Unique Time Series of Daily and Weekly Snowpack Measurements At Weissfluhjoch, Davos, Switzerland
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Neige Calonne, Cecilia Cetti, Charles Fierz, Alec van Herwijnen, Matthias Jaggi, Henning Löwe, M. Matzl, Lino Schmid, Martin Schneebeli
- Description: Recently, different efforts were dedicated to improve various components of snowpack models, notably, by including more objective parameters of snow m...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P1.39.pdf
- Keywords: density, specific surface area, snowpack, monitoring, measurement
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- Title: Application of Multi-dimensional Water Transport Model to Natural Snow: Reproduction Simulation of Water Sprinkle Experiment
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Hiroyuki Hirashima, Yoshiyuki Ishii, Satoru Yamaguchi
- Description: Information about liquid water infiltration into snowpack is important for predicting wet snow avalanches. To replicate rain-on-snow events, water spr...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P1.41.pdf
- Keywords: water transport model, water sprinkle experiment, discharge
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- Title: Lessons from Nuclear Energy: Building Snow and Avalanche Simulation Tools using a Common Open-Source Framework
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Andrew E. Slaughter, Derek R. Gaston, Cody J. Permann, John W. Peterson, David Andrš, Jason M. Miller, Brain K. Alger, Richard C. Martineau
- Description: The Department of Energy (DOE) is currently investing millions of dollars annually into various modeling and simulation tools for all aspects of nucle...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P1.44.pdf
- Keywords: modeling, open-source, simulation
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- Title: The Effect of Slope-Scale Spatial Variability of Slab Characteristics on Propagation Saw Tests
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Chris Bilbrey, Jordy Hendrikx, Karl Birkeland, Stuart Challender, J. Andrew Gleason
- Description: Understanding propagation in complex, non-uniform terrain is critically important for avalanche forecasting and mitigation. Currently we do not know h...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P1.45.pdf
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- Title: Photogrammetrically Derived Estimates of Snow Depth Variability in Complex Terrain
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Gabriel Wolken, Erin Whorton, Alexander Gould
- Description: Seasonal snow is a key cryospheric variable because of its influence on energy and wa-ter budgets, regional economies, and public safety. Quantitative...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P1.47.pdf
- Keywords: snow depth, spatial variability, photogrammetry, structure from motion, avalanche, alaska
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- Title: The Effects of Different Methods of Compaction on Snowpack Stability
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Diana Saly, Jordy Hendrikx, Karl Birkeland, Stuart Challender, Tom Leonard
- Description: The interaction between snowpack layers determines the snowpack stability. It follows that disrupting layers may improve stability. Ski patrols and gu...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P2.02.pdf
- Keywords: compaction, snowpack stability, stability test, boot-packing, ski compaction
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- Title: Terrain Classification of Norwegian Slab Avalanche Accidents
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Linda Hallandvik, Eivind Aadland, Odd L. Vikene
- Description: It is difficult to rely on snow conditions, weather and human factors when making judgements about avalanche risk because these variables are dynamic ...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P2.03.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche terrain exposure scale (ates), fatal avalanche accidents, outdoor recreation, practical implications, from novice to expert
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- Title: Method for an Automatized Avalanche Terrain Classification
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Günter Schmudlach, Jochen Köhler
- Description: Avalanche terrain classification according to ATES (Avalanche Terrain Exposure Scale) has become a popular method to represent and disseminate avalanc...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P2.04.pdf
- Keywords: ates, avalanche terrain exposure scale, avaluator
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- Title: Understanding Global Crowd Sourcing Data to Examine Travel Behavior in Avalanche Terrain
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Jordy Hendrikx, Jerry Johnson
- Description: This paper will present a subset of our results from our last three seasons (2013/14 to 2015/16) of global crowd sourced data collection to examine tr...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P2.06.pdf
- Keywords: backcountry skiing, gps tracking, decision making, avalanche terrain, crowd-sourcing
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- Title: A Proposed Paradigm for Advancing Human Factors Research: Linking Behavioral and Avalanche Scientific Disciplines
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Keith Gale, Dale Atkins, Iain Stewart-Patterson, Benjamin Zweifel, Bruce Tremper, Baruch Fischoff, Michael Jenkins, Rashaad Jones, Joseph Keebler, Moin Rahman, Gabrielle Wong-Parodi, Mark Borsuk, Magda Osman, Alan Sanfey, Brenda Dervin, Karlene Roberts, Ed Carlson, Mike Laney, Tim Bennett, Kenneth Perez, Taylor Barr
- Description: The avalanche industry understands that to save lives, we need to understand human behavior. The scientific discipline most directly affiliated with h...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P2.07.pdf
- Keywords: research roadmap
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- Title: Human Factor and Avalanche Decision Making in a Commercial Context
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Sigmund Andersen, Arild Rokenes
- Description: Professional ski and nature guides, as well as outdoor educators, have a considerable amount of time in exposed avalanche terrain. This paper focuses ...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P2.08.pdf
- Keywords: human factor, guiding, friluftsliv, avalanche, commercial demands
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- Title: Direct and Indirect Avalanche Experiences Among Backcountry Skiers: Relationships with Risk Perception and Use of Safety Gear
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Davide Marengo, Paola Dellavedova, Maria G. Monaci, Renato Miceli
- Description: A relevant factor that may affect risk perception and behaviors related to natural hazard is personal experience. Findings on recreational sports (e.g...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P2.10.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche experience, backcountry skiing, risk perception
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- Title: What is the Risk Threshold that Backcountry Enthusiasts are Willing to Accept and How Does Their Perception Align with the Actual Risk Involved?
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Terry Eyland, William Thibeault
- Description: An empirical investigation looked at backcountry enthusiasts? avalanche danger threshold and what the main factors are that alter that threshold. The ...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P2.11.pdf
- Keywords: decision-making, human factors, risk homeostasis, cost-benefit analysis, education
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