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Title: Preparedness of the Icelandic Meteorological Office in Response to Potential Avalanche Danger: Date: 1996; Authors: Magnus Mar Magnusson; Description: In the wake of avalanche disasters in the last year that left 36 people dead, the law in Iceland concerning avalanche safety was changed. In addition ...; Object ID: issw-1996-053-059.pdf; Keywords: avalanche, evacuation, monitoring, defenses, risk; View additional details about Preparedness of the Icelandic Meteorological Office in Response to Potential Avalanche Danger

Title: Decision-Making on Variable Risk Terrain: Date: 1996; Authors: Dick Penniman, Rene Boisselle; Description: The likelihood of severe injury or death increases when avalanche victims encounter strong destructive forces within moving debris, and/or they impact...; Object ID: issw-1996-067-072.pdf; Keywords: backcountry, burial, force, obstacle, risk; View additional details about Decision-Making on Variable Risk Terrain

Title: Heli-Ski Survival Guide: Date: 1996; Authors: Eric Burr; Description: Procedures refined over 12 operating seasons in the North Cascades are reviewed, along with avalanche incidents, by the senior guide. This paper is an...; Object ID: issw-1996-207-208.pdf; Keywords: small operations, isolation, elitism, environmental vision; View additional details about Heli-Ski Survival Guide

Title: Avalanche Modeling in France - Theory and Applications: Date: 1996; Authors: Mohamed Naaim, Gerard Brugnot, Jean Claude Charry; Description: First, this paper succinctly describes our numerical powder snow avalanche model. Then, an application of this model is presented in the frame of an a...; Object ID: issw-1996-239-243.pdf; Keywords: model, risk, avalanche; View additional details about Avalanche Modeling in France - Theory and Applications

Title: Five Mountain Parks Highway Avalanche Study: Date: 1994; Authors: Chris Stethem, Peter Schaerer, Buce Jamieson, Jason Edworthy; Description: The 5 Mountain Parks Highway Avalanche Study was completed for the Canadian Parks Service in 1993. The routes studied included Rogers Pass and Kicking...; Object ID: issw-1994-072-079.pdf; Keywords: avalanche path, avalanche hazard; View additional details about Five Mountain Parks Highway Avalanche Study

Title: The Human Experience of Avalanche Rescue: Date: 1994; Authors: Gail L. Denton; Description: Avalanches ate a matter of physics. Being caught in an avalanche is a matter of personal intelligence, skill and luck (what we refer to back in our pa...; Object ID: issw-1994-431-438.pdf; Keywords: rescue, avalanche victim, death, human experience; View additional details about The Human Experience of Avalanche Rescue

Title: Avalanche Warning and Hazard Zoning in Austria Some New Aspects: Date: 1994; Authors: Peter Holler; Description: Extended Abstract: NEW REGULATIONS CONCERNING AVALANCHE WARNING 1. The new European Risk Scale. Instead of different hazard classes in each European c...; Object ID: issw-1994-459-462.pdf; Keywords: risk scale, safety, hazard zoning; View additional details about Avalanche Warning and Hazard Zoning in Austria Some New Aspects

Title: Validations of Objective Models to Simulate Snow Cover Stratigraphy and Avalanche Risk for Avalanche Forecasting: Date: 1994; Authors: G. Giraud, E. Brun, Y. Durand, E. Martin; Description: This paper describes the current state of a complete automatic chain of three objective models to simulate snow cover stratigraphy and avalanche risk ...; Object ID: issw-1994-509-517.pdf; Keywords: stratigraphy, forecasting, avalanche risk, avalanche casualties; View additional details about Validations of Objective Models to Simulate Snow Cover Stratigraphy and Avalanche Risk for Avalanche Forecasting

Title: Avalanche Hazard Risk Management for the Yule Marble Quarry: Date: 1994; Authors: Christopher C. Landry; Description: Snow avalanches may have been the least anticipated and most tragically underestimated natural hazard faced by the rapidly-spreading Colorado mining b...; Object ID: issw-1994-548-563.pdf; Keywords: snow removal, snowfall, hazard, risk management; View additional details about Avalanche Hazard Risk Management for the Yule Marble Quarry

Title: Sensitivity Testing of Handcharges and Risk Management in Avalanche Control: Date: 1994; Authors: Chris Stethem, Canadian Explosives Research Laboratory; Description: Prepriming of handcharges in avalanche control provides a greater margin of safety than the practice of control point arming. Prepriming allows minimu...; Object ID: issw-1994-617-625.pdf; Keywords: handcharges, explosives, starting zones; View additional details about Sensitivity Testing of Handcharges and Risk Management in Avalanche Control

Title: MEPRA - An Expert System for Avalanche Risk Forecasting: Date: 1992; Authors: G. Giraud; Description: This paper describes the current state of MEPRA, an expert system for avalanche risk forecasting. The author presents the system characteristics (know...; Object ID: issw-1992-097-104.pdf; Keywords: mepra, risk, forecasting, expert system; View additional details about MEPRA - An Expert System for Avalanche Risk Forecasting

Title: Applications of Classification Tree Methodology to Avalanche Data Management and Forecasting: Date: 1992; Authors: Robert E. Davis, Kelly Elder, Eddy Bouzaglou; Description: A common problem for avalanche-prone areas subject to forecasting and control responsibility is the identification of a set of critical meteorological...; Object ID: issw-1992-126-133.pdf; Keywords: terrain, wind, temperature, solar radiation; View additional details about Applications of Classification Tree Methodology to Avalanche Data Management and Forecasting

Title: The New French Avalanche Map: Date: 1992; Authors: Gilles Borrel; Description: Since 1970, the French Government has been supporting a large program of avalanche mapping, which takes two different forms: hazard "registration" ma...; Object ID: issw-1992-225-228.pdf; Keywords: risk, mapping, method; View additional details about The New French Avalanche Map

Title: Avalanche Risk Forecasting Organisation During the Winter Olympic Games of Albertville (France): Date: 1992; Authors: G. Giraud, E. Pahaut; Description: From 27 January to 24 February 1992, METEO-FRANCE covered the winter olympic games meteorological operations in ALBERTVilLE. The avalanche risk foreca...; Object ID: issw-1992-285-294.pdf; Keywords: risk, forecasting, off-piste skiers, arf; View additional details about Avalanche Risk Forecasting Organisation During the Winter Olympic Games of Albertville (France)

Title: The NX-Log Project: Date: 1992; Authors: R. Bolognesi, O. Buser, W. Good; Description: The objective of the project NX-LOG is to construct a new decision support system for local avalanche assessment. This system should give for every d...; Object ID: issw-1992-299-300.pdf; Keywords: nx-log, analogous reasoning, deductive reasoning, safety, risk; View additional details about The NX-Log Project