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- Title: The Avalanche Science Centre – The Science Programme
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Rune Engeset, Audun Hetland, Carsten Roland, Sigmund Andersen, Yngve Birkelund, Matthias Forwick, Markus Landrø, Andrea Mannberg, Bjørn Michaelsen
- Description: UiT The Arctic University of Norway is establishing the Avalanche Science Centre during the period 2015-2017. The mission of the Centre is to provide ...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P3.45.pdf
- Keywords: decision-making, human factor, avalanches
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- Title: Avalanche Consequence Lesson Plan
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Harlan L. Sheppard
- Description: This poster presentation will be on teaching Avalanche Consequence. I will introduce a new lesson plan that departs from standard techniques. The main...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P3.49.pdf
- Keywords: avalanches, avalanche education, safety
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- Title: The North Rockies Mountain Snowmobilers in the Absence of a Daily Public Avalanche Bulletin
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Andrew J. Duncan, Iain Stewart-Patterson
- Description: British Columbia's mountainous topography and weather makes it a rewarding region for winter backcountry travel. Studies acknowledge that less is know...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P3.50.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche bulletins, north rockies, snowmobilers, avalanche risk culture, public safety
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- Title: Skiers Perception and Knowledge About Avalanche Terrain Practical Implications for Avalanche Education
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Marit S. Andresen, Linda Hallandvik
- Description: In Norway, the number of people off-piste skiing in the backcountry is continuously increasing. This is also the case in Sogndal, a small village in W...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P3.51.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche terrain, snowpack, familiar terrain, avalanche education
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- Title: Possible Relationship of Media and Land Management to Three Separate Avalanche Accidents in Haines, Alaska 2012-2014
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Mark Kelly
- Description: During the first 23 years+ of guided, helicopter accessed, skiing in Alaska, there were zero avalanche fatalities with guided groups. It should be not...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P3.52.pdf
- Keywords: accidents, avalanche, guiding, heli-skiing, fatalities, land management
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- Title: Statistical Nowcast of Avalanche Activity at the Regional Scale
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Stephan Harvey, Alec van Herwijnen, Bettina Richter
- Description: Forecasting natural avalanche activity is challenging. Events are relatively rare and several contributory factors affecting the formation of dry- or ...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P4.04.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche forecasting, avalanche activity, statistical model, random forest, snowpack
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- Title: Estimation of New Snow Density Using 42 Years of Meteorological Data from Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, Wyoming
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Patrick J. Wright, Bob Comey, Chris McCollister, Mike Rheam
- Description: New snow density is a key parameter for daily forecasting of avalanche hazard. However, there is currently not a reliable automated measurement of new...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P4.05.pdf
- Keywords: snow density, snow water equivalent, avalanche forecasting
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- Title: Synoptic Meteorological Conditions Associated With Snow Drift And Avalanche Activity in a High Arctic Maritime Snow Climate
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Holt J. Hancock, Jordy Hendrikx, Karl Birkeland, Markus Eckerstorfer, Hanne H. Christiansen
- Description: Avalanche activity in snow climates dominated by direct-action avalanches is primarily controlled by the local and synoptic scale meteorological condi...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P4.06.pdf
- Keywords: snow drift, synoptic avalanche forecasting, svalbard
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- Title: I-90 Snoqualmie Pass: Review of Highway Operations During a Major Construction Project in an Active Avalanche Area
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: John Stimberis
- Description: Interstate 90 over Snoqualmie Pass, WA is affected by numerous avalanche paths that disrupt travel and threaten the safety of travelers. The most acti...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P4.09.pdf
- Keywords: snow shed, avalanche fences, avalanche forecasting, avalanche control, highways
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- Title: A Model for Avalanche Forecasting on the Bonaigua Pass, Spain, Using Classification Trees
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Pablo Gorospe, Ivan Moner, Montse Bacardit, Jordi GavaldÃ
- Description: The highway C-28 is located in the Central Pyrenees and links the Aran valley with Cata-lonia along 20 km over the Bonaigua Pass. It constitutes a key...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P4.10.pdf
- Keywords: pyrenees, avalanche forecasting, modeling, classification trees
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- Title: Validation of a Coupled Weather and Snowpack Model Across Western Montana
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Kyle Van Peursem, Jordy Hendrikx, Karl Birkeland, Dan Miller, Chris Gibson
- Description: Predicting avalanche danger depends on knowledge of the existing snowpack structure and the current and forecasted weather conditions. In remote and d...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P4.11.pdf
- Keywords: snow cover models, weather models, snowpack, wrf, avalanche forecasting
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- Title: Towards an Improved European Auxiliary Matrix for Assessing Avalanche Danger Levels
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Karsten Müller, Thomas Stucki, Christoph Mitterer, Patrick Nairz, Hans Konetschny, Thomas Feistl, Cecile Coleou, Flavio Berbenni, Igor Chiambretti
- Description: Since 1993, the European Avalanche Warning Services (EAWS) use a common 5-level Avalanche Danger Scale to describe the regional avalanche danger in pu...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P4.12.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche forecasting, bavarian matrix, eaws
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- Title: Automated Alpine Weather Forecasting for the Avalanche Practitioner
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Christopher Morin
- Description: There has been an explosion in scalable computing power, big data, and machine learning over the past 5 years. This has significantly changed how we i...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P4.13.pdf
- Keywords: weather forecasting, avalanche forecasting, cloud computing
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- Title: Description and Evaluation of the New French Operational Chain of Models for Avalanche Hazard Forecasting Incorporating a Drifting Snow Scheme
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Gilbert Guyomarch, Vincent Vionnet, Matthieu Lafaysse, Gérald Giraud, Yannick Déliot, Florence Naaim-Bouvet
- Description: It is well known by avalanche forecasters that wind plays a determinant role in shaping the small-scale distribution of snow and strongly influences t...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P4.14.pdf
- Keywords: drifting snow events, tools for avalanche forecasters, avalanche hazard forecasting
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- Title: Looking to the '20s: Computer-Assisted Avalanche Forecasting in Canada
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: James A. Floyer, Karl Klassen, Simon Horton, Pascal Haegeli
- Description: In contrast to weather forecasting, where public and professional adoption of computer-based numerical weather prediction systems has been dramatic, a...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P4.15.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche forecasting, computer modelling, computer-assisted forecasting
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