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Title: Nerf Ball: Avalanche Rescue Training Method
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Halsted Morris
Description: As advanced as modern digital transceivers are people still need to practice in how to use their transceiver. Having realistic practice in how to sear...
Object ID: ISSW16_P3.48.pdf
Keywords: transceiver, training, nerf ball, bash ball
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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: How Does a Remote Arctic Settlement Prepare for Handling Fatal Accidents when Outside Assistance is Far Away? - Focus on Organized Avalanche Rescue in Remote Areas
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Martin Indreiten, Christian Svarstad
Description: Longyearbyen, located at 78°N, is a small town on the west side of Spitsbergen, a part of the Svalbard archipelago in the high arctic. The rescue s...
Object ID: ISSW16_P3.53.pdf
Keywords: avalanche rescue, emergency preparedness, rescue organization
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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 Gavaldà
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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