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Title: Recent Trends and Prevention Strategies for Avalanche and Snow Immersion Risk at U.S. and B.C. Ski Areas: Date: 2008-09-22; Authors: Paul Baugher; Description: Many ISSW participants are involved in snow safety operations at ski areas. Understanding recent changes in trends in avalanche and snow immersion ris...; Object ID: P__8158.pdf; Keywords: snow immersion, avalanche fatalities, narsid, ski area, risk management; View additional details about Recent Trends and Prevention Strategies for Avalanche and Snow Immersion Risk at U.S. and B.C. Ski Areas

Title: Avalanche Hazard Mapping and Risk Assessment in Iceland: Date: 2008-09-22; Authors: Harpa GrÃmsdÃ³ttir; Description: A number of avalanche accidents have occurred in Icelandic towns since urbanization started in the late 19th century. In the year 1995, 34 people were...; Object ID: P__8224.pdf; Keywords: avalanche risk, hazard mapping, individual risk, iceland, risk assessment, acceptable risk; View additional details about Avalanche Hazard Mapping and Risk Assessment in Iceland

Title: Values at Risk Due to Avalanche and Rock Fall Hazard in Norway: Date: 2008-09-22; Authors: Christian Jaedicke, Kalle Kronholm; Description: More than 6.7 % of the Norwegian land area features terrain steeper than 30 degrees. It is commonly assumed that these areas can be the source for bot...; Object ID: P__8130.pdf; Keywords: avalanche, hazard, risk, danger; View additional details about Values at Risk Due to Avalanche and Rock Fall Hazard in Norway

Title: Risk and Avalanche Rescue: Date: 2008-09-22; Authors: Krister Kristensen, Manuel Genswein, Dale Atkins; Description: More than 6.7 % of the Norwegian land area features terrain steeper than 30 degrees. It is commonly assumed that these areas can be the source for bot...; Object ID: P__8220.pdf; Keywords: risk assessment, risk management, rescue simulation, rescuer safety, acceptable risk; View additional details about Risk and Avalanche Rescue

Title: High Arctic Avalanche Monitoring in Maritime Svalbard: Date: 2008-09-22; Authors: Markus Eckerstorfer, Ullrich Neumann, Hanne H. Christiansen; Description: The arctic, high relief Svalbard landscape, largely without vegetation and with a continuous snow cover for large parts of the year, is very exposed t...; Object ID: P__8122.pdf; Keywords: avalanche monitoring and mapping, meteorological observations, high arctic avalanche climate, snowpit study; View additional details about High Arctic Avalanche Monitoring in Maritime Svalbard

Title: Hazard Levels Warning for Avalanche Danger on Dwellings Proposal: Date: 2008-09-22; Authors: FranÃ§ois Rapin; Description: Avalanches effecting or destroying dwellings are fortunately relatively rare. As such, when these events occur they are surprising and often devastati...; Object ID: P__8185.pdf; Keywords: avalanche, hazard, level, warning, dwelling; View additional details about Hazard Levels Warning for Avalanche Danger on Dwellings Proposal

Title: Snow Avalanche Path Ecology: Examples from the San Juan Mountains, Colorado: Date: 2008-09-22; Authors: Sara Simonson, Thomas Stohlgren, Chris Landry, Steven Fassnacht; Description: We evaluated landscape ecology approaches to characterize snow avalanche paths based on patterns of plant species composition and evidence of disturba...; Object ID: P__8241.pdf; Keywords: snow avalanche path vegetation, plant species diversity, tree-ring analyses, disturbance ecology; View additional details about Snow Avalanche Path Ecology: Examples from the San Juan Mountains, Colorado

Title: Evaluation of a Rule-Based Decision Aid for Recreational Travelers in Avalanche Terrain: Date: 2006; Authors: Ian McCammon, Pascal Haegeli; Description: This paper evaluates a new decision aid for traveling in avalanche terrain. The aid is intended primarily for winter recreationists in Canada and pro...; Object ID: issw-2006-234-243.pdf; Keywords: education, decision-making, risk management, safety; View additional details about Evaluation of a Rule-Based Decision Aid for Recreational Travelers in Avalanche Terrain

Title: The Avaluator â€“ A Canadian Rule-Based Avalanche Decision Support Tool for Amateur Recreationists: Date: 2006; Authors: Pascal Haegeli, Ian McCammon, Bruce Jamieson, Clair Israelson, Grant Statham; Description: An exceptionally high number of avalanche fatalities during the winter of 2003 forced the Canadian avalanche community to question the effectiveness ...; Object ID: issw-2006-254-263.pdf; Keywords: avalanche education, risk management, decision-making, decision support tool; View additional details about The Avaluator â€“ A Canadian Rule-Based Avalanche Decision Support Tool for Amateur Recreationists

Title: White Risk â€“ Interactive Avalanche Learning CD: Date: 2006; Authors: Stephan Harvey; Description: The best way to reduce avalanche accidents, is good avalanche forecasting, warning and education. Avalanches are influenced by a large variety of diff...; Object ID: issw-2006-274-281.pdf; Keywords: avalanche education, risk, interactive cd, didactics, training, e-learning; View additional details about White Risk â€“ Interactive Avalanche Learning CD

Title: The Avalanche Data in the Catalan Pyrenees, 20 Years of Avalanche Mapping: Date: 2006; Authors: P. Oller, E. MuntÃ¡n, J. MarturiÃ , C. GarcÃa, A. GarcÃa, P. MartÃnez; Description: In 1986, an avalanche mapping program began in the Catalan Pyrenees. Twenty years after, in 2006, the Avalanche Paths Map, a collection of 14 sheets a...; Object ID: issw-2006-305-313.pdf; Keywords: pyrenees, avalanche mapping, databases, spatial analysis; View additional details about The Avalanche Data in the Catalan Pyrenees, 20 Years of Avalanche Mapping

Title: Mapping and Classification of Potential Avalanche Sites in the Chic-Chocs Mountains, Quebec, Canada, Using Geographic Information Systems: Date: 2006; Authors: Alain Royer, Stephanie Lemieux; Description: Avalanche sites mapping and classification are tools that have been frequently used for managing avalanche risks. The use of geographic information sy...; Object ID: issw-2006-411-418.pdf; Keywords: avalanche, avalanche mapping, terrain classification, visualisation, geographic information systems (gis); View additional details about Mapping and Classification of Potential Avalanche Sites in the Chic-Chocs Mountains, Quebec, Canada, Using Geographic Information Systems

Title: Sensitive Avalanche Paths: Using a New Method for Inventory and Classification of Risk: Date: 2006; Authors: FranÃ§ois Rapin, Laurent Belanger, Antoine Hurand, Jean-Marc Bernard; Description: The dangerousness of all avalanche paths which threat winter living buildings is upon inventory and classification in France. It seeks to reveal the a...; Object ID: issw-2006-444-451.pdf; Keywords: avalanche risk, inventory, classification, data base; View additional details about Sensitive Avalanche Paths: Using a New Method for Inventory and Classification of Risk

Title: Risk Trends at U.S. and British Columbia Ski Areas: An Evaluation of the Risk of Snow Immersion Versus Avalanche Burials: Date: 2006; Authors: Paul Baugher; Description: The risk trends for avalanche and snow accidents at U.S. and B.C. ski areas are changing. During the period from 1990/91 to 2005/06, there were four a...; Object ID: issw-2006-584-591.pdf; Keywords: snow immersion, avalanche fatalities, narsid, ski area, risk management; View additional details about Risk Trends at U.S. and British Columbia Ski Areas: An Evaluation of the Risk of Snow Immersion Versus Avalanche Burials

Title: Advanced Technologies in Avalanche Programs: Date: 2006; Authors: David Hamre; Description: Between 1985 and 2000, the Alaska Railroad operated a conventional avalanche risk mitigation program which relied heavily on artillery based risk mit...; Object ID: issw-2006-650-659.pdf; Keywords: avalanche, avalanche guard, detection, risk, mitigation, data management; View additional details about Advanced Technologies in Avalanche Programs

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