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Title: Avalanche Forecasting and Messaging for Unusual Avalanche Conditions in a Maritime Snow Climate-Buried Surface Hoar
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Steve A. Reynaud
Description: Atypical storm systems impacted the greater Lake Tahoe area during early January 2016 which contributed to the formation and preservation of buried su...
Object ID: ISSW16_P4.23.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, messaging, buried surface hoar, avalanche fatality
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Title: Case Study: Forecasting Challenges on San Francisco Peaks, Arizona; Anomalies of This Low Mid-Latitude Strata Volcano
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: David W. Lovejoy
Description: San Francisco Peaks in northern Arizona is the focus of this case study which characterizes unique attributes of this mid-latitude, high elevation str...
Object ID: ISSW16_P4.24.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, mid-latitude volcanoes, mountain weather
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Title: Using Large Column Tests to Successfully Forecast Persistent Deep Slab Avalanches in the Central Sierra Nevada Mountains
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Brandon Schwartz, Andy Anderson
Description: Forecasting of Persistent Deep Slab avalanches presents a unique and at times difficult problem for Backcountry Regional Forecasters, Guide Services, ...
Object ID: ISSW16_P4.26.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, persistent deep slab, propagation saw test (pst), extended column test (ect), sierra nevada
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Title: Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Avalanche Problems in Western Canada: An Analysis of the Winters 2010-2016
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Bret Shandro, Pascal Haegeli, Grant Statham, James Floyer
Description: Not all avalanches are the same. Different combinations of snowpack structures and meteorological conditions create different types of avalanche probl...
Object ID: ISSW16_P4.34.pdf
Keywords: avalanche danger, aval anche forecasting, avalanche hazard, avalanche problems
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Title: Back Calculation of Avalanche Dimensions From Laser Scanning and sfm Photogrammetry
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Alexander Prokop, J.-M. Friedt, Ursula Enzenhofer, Florian Tolle
Description: After avalanche events happen it is always difficult to collect useful data from the avalanche dimensions such as snow volume that was released in the...
Object ID: ISSW16_P4.35.pdf
Keywords: avalanche documentation, snow depth, laser scanning, sfm-photogrammetry, svalbard
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Title: Decrease of Snow Avalanches Activity and Proliferation of Wet Snow Avalanches in French Alps Under Climate Warming
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Mohamed Naaim, Nicolas Eckert
Description: The processing of the data, including cross analysis, of two well documented databases of snow and avalanches in France Alps (namely EPA avalanches ch...
Object ID: ISSW16_P4.36.pdf
Keywords: snow avalanche, climate change, natural hazard, risk
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Title: Multivariate Parameter Optimization for Operational Application of Extended Kinetic Theory in Simulation Software
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Andreas Kofler, Jan-Thomas Fischer, Andreas Huber, Wolfgang Fellin, Matthias Rauter, Matthias Granig, Elisabeth Hainzer, Christian Tollinger, Karl Kleemayr
Description: State of the art avalanche simulation software is used for avalanche prediction and hazard mapping. Amongst other factors, the choice of an appropriat...
Object ID: ISSW16_P4.37.pdf
Keywords: snow avalanche, computational avalanche dynamics, simulation optimization, design event
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Title: Using Spatially Distributed Statistical Models for Avalanche Runout Estimation
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Andreas Huber, Jan-Thomas Fischer, Andreas Kofler, Karl Kleemayr
Description: State of the art physical-dynamical avalanche models are a commonly used tool in avalanche research and practice. Research and practical experience ha...
Object ID: ISSW16_P4.38.pdf
Keywords: avalanche, avalanche modeling, raster-based modeling, regional-scale, hazard-indicator maps
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Title: Selected Observations From Avalanche Measurements at the Ryggfonn Test Site and Comparisons with Observations From Other Locations
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Peter Gauer
Description: Selected observations from the full-scale avalanche test site Ryggfonn, Norway, like front velocity, runout distance, or pressure distributions, are p...
Object ID: ISSW16_P4.40.pdf
Keywords: avalanche observations, comparison, hazard mapping
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Title: Avalanche Management in a Large Chilean Copper Mine
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Patricio Cerda, Luis Gallardo, Marcel Didier, Marcel Oyarzun Joaquin, Mujica Rodrigo, Cesar Vera
Description: The Andina copper mine is located at an elevation of 4200 m. in the Rio Blanco Valley north of Santiago de Chile. It is one of the world?s most produc...
Object ID: ISSW16_P4.42.pdf
Keywords: avalanche, management, risk, operation, mining
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Title: Concept to optimize road closures due to avalanche hazard on low traffic roads in Norway
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Dag Theodor R. Andreassen, Ole-Andre Helgaas
Description: The Norwegian road network connects remote communities to central parts of the country. These communities are often vulnerable to isolation due to ava...
Object ID: ISSW16_P4.46.pdf
Keywords: monitoring, warning, observation, avalanche control, hazard evaluation
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Title: The White Pass and Yukon Route Avalanche Program, Forecasting and Risk Management for a Historical Railroad
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Bill Glude
Description: The White Pass and Yukon Route (WPYR) is a narrow gauge railroad built in 1898 during the Klondike Gold Rush. Considered impossible to build by many w...
Object ID: ISSW16_P4.48.pdf
Keywords: railroad, avalanche program, alaska, yukon
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Title: Stochastic Methods in Operational Avalanche Simulation - From Back Calculation to Prediction
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Valentin Hellweger, Jan-Thomas Fischer, Andreas Kofler, Andreas Huber, Wolfgang Fellin, Michael Oberguggenberger
Description: Avalanche simulations are an integral part of hazard assessment. Determining the potential hazard requires a multidisciplinary approach, including dif...
Object ID: ISSW16_P4.50.pdf
Keywords: avalanche dynamics, parameter estimation, stochastic simulation, bayes’ theorem, metropolis-hastings algorithm, posterior distribution, back calculation, prediction
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Title: Loveland Pass Avalanche Mitigation
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Fanny Bourjaillat, Ethan Greene, Raymond Mumford, Tyler Weldon, Philippe Berthet-Rambaud
Description: Close to Denver, Loveland Pass is part of the route that provides access to some famous ski resorts such as Vail and Keystone and is among of the more...
Object ID: ISSW16_P4.51.pdf
Keywords: avalanche mitigation, loveland pass, protection strategy
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Title: A Proposed Practical Model for Zoning with the Avalanche Terrain Exposure Scale
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Cam Campbell, Brian Gould
Description: Since 2009, the Avalanche Terrain Exposure Scale (ATES) has been used to zone avalanche terrain in western Canada and many other alpine nations. Despi...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P5-02.pdf
Keywords: ates, avalanche, terrain, zoning, model
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