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Title: Minimizing â€œFalse-Stableâ€ Stability Test Results: Why Digging More Snowpits is a Good Idea: Date: 2006; Authors: Karl W. Birkeland, Doug Chabot; Description: The worst nightmare for an avalanche worker is to assess an unstable slope as stable since the consequence of such an assessment is that you, your cli...; Object ID: issw-2006-498-504.pdf; Keywords: avalanche forecasting, stability assessment, stability tests, false-stable conditions; View additional details about Minimizing â€œFalse-Stableâ€ Stability Test Results: Why Digging More Snowpits is a Good Idea

Title: Field Report on the Validation of a Capacitance Snow Profile Probe in an Avalanche Forecasting Application: Date: 2006; Authors: Steven Conger; Description: During the winters of 2004/05 and 2005/06, I field-tested the prototype and second generation portable, capacitance-type snow sonde in an avalanche fo...; Object ID: issw-2006-540-544.pdf; Keywords: snow density profile, dielectrics, snow sonde; View additional details about Field Report on the Validation of a Capacitance Snow Profile Probe in an Avalanche Forecasting Application

Title: Avalanche Control Past-Present-Future: Date: 2006; Authors: Jon Andrews; Description: Forecasting for avalanches and applying the information to avalanche control and route safety should start at the beginning of the storm cycle and no...; Object ID: issw-2006-576-578.pdf; Keywords: route safety, control, forecasting, weather, stormy cycle; View additional details about Avalanche Control Past-Present-Future

Title: The French Nivological Workstation an Integrated Software for Regional Snow Data Analysis: Date: 2006; Authors: J.L Dumas, Y. Danielou, C. Gendre, G. Giraud, E. Pougatch; Description: For more than 20 years, the CEN (Snow Study Centre) has been developing operational software for snow data analysis including models for avalanche ha...; Object ID: issw-2006-624-627.pdf; Keywords: nivological workstation, modeling, operational forecast; View additional details about The French Nivological Workstation an Integrated Software for Regional Snow Data Analysis

Title: Survey Results from the Colorado Avalanche Information Center: Date: 2006; Authors: J. Andrew Gleason, Ethan Greene, Larry Scott; Description: The Colorado Avalanche Information Center conducted a user survey of people who utilize our avalanche forecast products. The survey was conducted on t...; Object ID: issw-2006-629.pdf; Keywords: survey, avalanche forecast, demographics, colorado; View additional details about Survey Results from the Colorado Avalanche Information Center

Title: Fatal Avalanche Accidents and Forecasted Danger Levels: Patterns in the United States, Canada, Switzerland and France: Date: 2006; Authors: Ethan Greene, Thomas Wiesinger, Karl Birkeland, CÃ©cile ColÃ©ou, Alan Jones, Grant Statham; Description: Throughout the winter, avalanche forecasters issue bulletins to help the public and the managers of public facilities make avalanche safety decisions....; Object ID: issw-2006-640-649.pdf; Keywords: avalanche accidents, avalanche danger, avalanche forecasting; View additional details about Fatal Avalanche Accidents and Forecasted Danger Levels: Patterns in the United States, Canada, Switzerland and France

Title: Special Avalanche Warnings at the Canadian Avalanche Centre: Date: 2006; Authors: John Kelly, Ilya Storm, Jim McAllister; Description: This poster describes the Special Public Avalanche Warning Program. The Canadian Avalanche Centre with the support of the British Columbia Provincial ...; Object ID: issw-2006-672-681.pdf; Keywords: avalanche, avalanche warning, avalanche accident, avalanche forecasting; View additional details about Special Avalanche Warnings at the Canadian Avalanche Centre

Title: Challenges to an Avalanche Center in a Time of Seasonal Climate Variability: A Case Study: Date: 2006; Authors: David W. Lovejoy, Leland R. Dexter, Kevin Tatsugawa; Description: Kachina Peaks (San Francisco Peaks) rising to nearly 13,000 ft. in northern Arizona represent an exception to the commonly held perception that snow a...; Object ID: issw-2006-683-690.pdf; Keywords: snow, avalanche forecasting, san francisco peaks, kpac, backcountry skiing; View additional details about Challenges to an Avalanche Center in a Time of Seasonal Climate Variability: A Case Study

Title: Evaluating Nearest Neighbours in Avalanche Forecasting - A Qualitative Approach to Assessing Information Content: Date: 2006; Authors: Ross S. Purves, Joachim Heierli; Description: Nearest neighbours (NN) approaches are a statistically-based pattern classification technique used extensively for computer-assisted decision making i...; Object ID: issw-2006-701-708.pdf; Keywords: avalanche forecasting, validation, nearest-neighbours; View additional details about Evaluating Nearest Neighbours in Avalanche Forecasting - A Qualitative Approach to Assessing Information Content

Title: The Backcountry Avalanche Advisory: Design and Implementation of a New Public Avalanche Warning System in Canada: Date: 2006; Authors: Grant Statham, Alan Jones; Description: Public avalanche forecasters continually search for ways of communicating sophisticated information in a comprehensible format. To accommodate this ne...; Object ID: issw-2006-724-731.pdf; Keywords: avalanche forecasting, risk communication, media, avalanche education; View additional details about The Backcountry Avalanche Advisory: Design and Implementation of a New Public Avalanche Warning System in Canada

Title: Enviromental Implications for Explosives Based Risk Mitigation: A Case Study from the BNSF Railway Avalanche Safety Program Essex, Montana, USA: Date: 2006; Authors: David Hamre, Richard W. Steiner; Description: On January 28th, 2004, numerous avalanches released above the BNSF Railway tracks located in John F. Stevens Canyon, Montana. In particular, three ava...; Object ID: issw-2006-747-756.pdf; Keywords: bnsf, railroad, snowsheds, avalanche forecasting, avalanche hazard, explosives, artillery; View additional details about Enviromental Implications for Explosives Based Risk Mitigation: A Case Study from the BNSF Railway Avalanche Safety Program Essex, Montana, USA

Title: Natural Glide Slab Avalanches, Glacier National Park, U.S.A.: A Unique Hazard and Forecasting Challenge: Date: 2006; Authors: Blase A. Reardon, Daniel B. Fagre, Mark Dundas, Chris Lundy; Description: In a museum of avalanche phenomena, glide cracks and glide avalanches might be housed in the â€œstrange but trueâ€ section. These oddities ar...; Object ID: issw-2006-778-785.pdf; Keywords: avalanche forecasting, natural avalanches, glide avalanches, glacier national park; View additional details about Natural Glide Slab Avalanches, Glacier National Park, U.S.A.: A Unique Hazard and Forecasting Challenge

Title: Forecasting Snow Avalanche Days from Meteorological Data Using Classification Trees; Grasdalen, Western Norway: Date: 2006; Authors: Kalle Kronholm, Dagrun Vikhamar-Schuler, Christian Jaedicke, Ketil Isaksen, Asgeir Sorteberg, Krister Kristensen; Description: Avalanches pose one of the most serious problems to infrastructure and people in the mountains in Norway. Processes leading to avalanche release are d...; Object ID: issw-2006-786-795.pdf; Keywords: avalanche release, climate, precipitation, wind, temperature; View additional details about Forecasting Snow Avalanche Days from Meteorological Data Using Classification Trees; Grasdalen, Western Norway

Title: Water Outflow from Snow During Rain and Melt Events; Milford Highway, New Zealand: Date: 2006; Authors: W. Carran, H. Conway; Description: Avalanches often release within a few minutes after the onset of rain on new snow. The avalanche potential remains high until drainage through the sno...; Object ID: issw-2006-796.pdf; Keywords: stratigraphy, rain, melt, avalanche release, forecasting; View additional details about Water Outflow from Snow During Rain and Melt Events; Milford Highway, New Zealand

Title: Mountain Weather Forecasting in BC for Avalanche Safety: Date: 2006; Authors: Dr. Melinda Brugman; Description: A special weather bulletin is produced during the winter season at the Pacific Storm Prediction Centre (PSPC) in Vancouver to support avalanche foreca...; Object ID: issw-2006-844-850.pdf; Keywords: mountain, weather, forecasting, british columbia, environment canada, verification, avalanche, probability, short term, long term, synopses; View additional details about Mountain Weather Forecasting in BC for Avalanche Safety

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