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Title: Avalanche Forecasting and Risk Mitigation for Specific Objects at Risk: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: Krister Kristensen, Hedda Breien, Suzanne Lacasse; Description: Objects and individuals can be exposed to different levels of avalanche hazard. For object specific avalanche forecasting and risk mitigation programs...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-59.pdf; Keywords: avalanche forecasting, local forecasting, danger scales, danger levels, probability of occurrence, risk, objects at risk, risk mitigation; View additional details about Avalanche Forecasting and Risk Mitigation for Specific Objects at Risk

Title: CollectivitÃ©s Publiques et Gestion du Risque Analyse Dans Son Versant Juridique: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: Gregory MOLLION; Description: Le droit franÃ§ais donne aux autoritÃ©s administratives le pouvoir et la charge dâ€™assurer la protection des citoyens sur leur territoire. L...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-40.pdf; Keywords: prÃ©fet, maire, police administrative, plan de prÃ©vention des risques naturels prÃ©visibles, responsabilitÃ©s; View additional details about CollectivitÃ©s Publiques et Gestion du Risque Analyse Dans Son Versant Juridique

Title: Snow Dangers and Avalanche Prevention Through the Organization of a Federation and the Training of Its Instructors and Members: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: Charles Daubas; Description: Je voudrais aujourdâ€™hui tout dâ€™abord remercier le ComitÃ© dâ€™organisation de me permettre de prÃ©senter, au nom de la FÃ©dÃ...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P5-10.pdf; Keywords: avalanche, prevention, danger, training; View additional details about Snow Dangers and Avalanche Prevention Through the Organization of a Federation and the Training of Its Instructors and Members

Title: Ride Hard, Ride Safe! Val d'IsÃ¨re: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: Henry Schniewind, Renaud Lobry; Description: This presentation shows how, in 2010, Val d'IsÃ¨re with Henry's Avalanche Talk (HAT) put into place a safety and communication campaign aimed primar...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P5-22.pdf; Keywords: skiing, off-piste, avalanche, awareness, safety; View additional details about Ride Hard, Ride Safe! Val d'IsÃ¨re

Title: Stability Index Considering Slab Strength: Date: 2012; Authors: Shinji Ikeda, Takafumi Katsushima, Yasuhiko Ito, Yukari Takeuchi, Tomoyuki Noro; Description: When a slab avalanche is triggered, the weak layer and all sides of the slab (crown, flank, and stauchwall) are fractured. Wet slab avalanches frequen...; Object ID: issw-2012-121-126.pdf; Keywords: slab avalanche, slab strength, shear strength, stability index; View additional details about Stability Index Considering Slab Strength

Title: Influence of Forest on Snow Avalanche Hazard â€“ Norwegian Challenges: Date: 2012; Authors: Hedda Breien, Ã˜yvind A. HÃ¸ydal; Description: Forested areas are less prone to snow avalanches, due to the trees' influence on snow accumulation, snow pack layering, energy balance and the armori...; Object ID: issw-2012-633-638.pdf; Keywords: avalanche hazard, forests, hazard zoning, runout zones; View additional details about Influence of Forest on Snow Avalanche Hazard â€“ Norwegian Challenges

Title: A Classification of All the French Avalanche Paths Which Threaten Inhabited Buildings: Date: 2012; Authors: FranÃ§ois Rapin; Description: A classified method for the inhabited sites threatened by avalanches and served by a route secured from avalanches was developed in France from 2001 ...; Object ID: issw-2012-708.pdf; Keywords: avalanche, inhabited sites, method, data, classification, prevention; View additional details about A Classification of All the French Avalanche Paths Which Threaten Inhabited Buildings

Title: Remote-Sensing Derived Avalanche Inventory Data: Date: 2012; Authors: Regula Frauenfelder, Rune Solberg, Siri Ã˜yen Larsen, Arnt-BÃ¸rre Salberg, Heidi Bjordal; Description: Every year snow avalanches pose a significant threat to transportation infrastructure. The societal demand to minimize closures of the main transport ...; Object ID: issw-2012-398-403.pdf; Keywords: snow avalanches, transportation, meteorology, avalanche forecasting; View additional details about Remote-Sensing Derived Avalanche Inventory Data

Title: Stopping Behavior of Snow Avalanches in Forests: Date: 2012; Authors: T. Feistl, P. Bebi, Y. B Ìˆuhler, M. Christen, M. Teich, P. Bartelt; Description: A longstanding problem in avalanche science is to understand how forests stop small and medium sized avalanches. Avalanche dynamics models have tradit...; Object ID: issw-2012-420-426.pdf; Keywords: forests, avalanche science, runout, dynamics; View additional details about Stopping Behavior of Snow Avalanches in Forests

Title: A Conceptual Model of Avalanche Hazard: Date: 2010; Authors: Grant Statham, Pascal Haegeli, Karl W. Birkeland, Ethan Greene, Clair Israelson, Bruce Tremper, Chris Stethem, Bruce McMahon, Brad White, John Kelly; Description: Conventional avalanche forecasting is practiced as a mix of deterministic treatment for snow and weather parameters and inductive logic to reach actua...; Object ID: ISSW_P-072.pdf; Keywords: avalanche forecasting, weather parameters, terrain, danger ratings; View additional details about A Conceptual Model of Avalanche Hazard

Title: Application of a Numerical Snowpack Model to Estimate Full-Depth Avalanche Danger: Date: 2010; Authors: Hiroyuki Hirashima, Isao Kamiishi, Satoru Yamaguchi, Atsushi Sato, Michael Lehning; Description: Many full-depth avalanches occur in temperate, snowy regions such as the northern part of Honshu, Japan. Such avalanches threaten infrastructure and c...; Object ID: ISSW_O-008.pdf; Keywords: snowpack model, water transport, full depth avalanche; View additional details about Application of a Numerical Snowpack Model to Estimate Full-Depth Avalanche Danger

Title: The North American Public Avalanche Danger Scale: Date: 2010; Authors: Grant Statham, Pascal Haegeli, Karl W. Birkeland, Ethan Greene, Clair Israelson, Bruce Tremper, Chris Stethem, Bruce McMahon, Brad White, John Kelly; Description: The Avalanche Danger Scale is an ordinal, five-level warning system that is a cornerstone of public avalanche information. The system was developed in...; Object ID: ISSW_O-020.pdf; Keywords: danger scale, avalanche, warning system design, risk communication; View additional details about The North American Public Avalanche Danger Scale

Title: Predicting the Avalanche Danger Level From Field Observations: Date: 2010; Authors: JÃ¼rg Schweizer; Description: As public avalanche forecasts are done for large regions, backcountry travelers cannot simply rely on the bulletin as local conditions may be differen...; Object ID: ISSW_O-030.pdf; Keywords: field observations, danger level, avalanche, switzerland, whumpf; View additional details about Predicting the Avalanche Danger Level From Field Observations

Title: Free-Ride: Local Evaluation of Avalanche Danger in Valgrisenche - Aosta Valley (I): Date: 2010; Authors: P. Dellavedova, D. Garin, V. Segor; Description: During the months of February and March 2010, in the north-west part of Western Alps in Aosta Valley where the practice of free-ride heliski is regula...; Object ID: ISSW_P-022.pdf; Keywords: free-ride, stability test; View additional details about Free-Ride: Local Evaluation of Avalanche Danger in Valgrisenche - Aosta Valley (I)

Title: The Significance of the Official Avalanche Report As Reflected in the Snow Conditions in the Area of the Planneralm (Styria - Austria): Date: 2010; Authors: Arnold Studeregger, Alexander Podesse; Description: In the season 2002/2003 the idea was seized to review the official avalanche report. At this that the official avalanche report is published in the mo...; Object ID: ISSW_P-091.pdf; Keywords: forecast, meteorological data, snow profiles, snow cover test; View additional details about The Significance of the Official Avalanche Report As Reflected in the Snow Conditions in the Area of the Planneralm (Styria - Austria)

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