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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
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Title: Proposed Avalanche Control Alternatives Stanley Avalanche, Berthoud Pass, Colorado
Date: 1992
Authors: Horst Ueblacker
Description: This paper covers a study to compare the feasibility of constructing avalanche sheds and other methods to control the Stanley avalanche on Berthoud Pa...
Object ID: issw-1992-214-224.pdf
Keywords: control, explosives, backcountry skiers, avalanche paths
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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
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Title: The Political Dilemma of Avalanche Hazard Zoning; A Comparative Analysis of Four Sierra Nevada Counties
Date: 1992
Authors: Dick Penniman
Description: From ground level observations of local weather patterns, topographic features and vegetation, avalanche paths can be reliably identified and return p...
Object ID: issw-1992-236-245.pdf
Keywords: avalanche paths, runout, decision making
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Title: Computer System for Avalanche Hazard Analysis at Rogers Pass, British Columbia
Date: 1992
Authors: Bob Malenko, Dave Skjonsberg
Description: A vast amount of information is gathered each year around the world by avalanche safety and control operations. Data which was formally stored in fiel...
Object ID: issw-1992-323-325.pdf
Keywords: hazard, safety, software, forecasting
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Title: A Computerized System Designed for Local Avalanche Hazard Forecasting in Tignes, Savoie, France
Date: 1990
Authors: Edouardo Garreaud, Lionel Navillod, Henry Schniewind
Description: The SERVICE DES PISTES DE TIGNES (Tignes Ski Patrol) began developing a computerized system with the help of Edouardo Garreaud in 1986, to explore new...
Object ID: issw-1990-049-062.pdf
Keywords: computerized system, forecasting, snow-meteorological, snowpack, avalanche activity
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Title: Development of Avalanche Education and Hazard Forecasting in Hokkaido, Japan
Date: 1990
Authors: Charles W. Ziskin
Description: Avalanche fatalities in Hokkaido have been recorded for more than fifty years and Japan devotes considerable public funds to the academic study of ava...
Object ID: issw-1990-111-114.pdf
Keywords: fatalities, education, avalanche, forecasting, hazard, terrain, skiing
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Title: Hazard Perception and Preparation by Cross-Country Skiers in Utah
Date: 1990
Authors: Kevin J. Kobel, Mike Jenkins
Description: The growing use of wildlands for recreation in winter has placed increasing demands on resource management agencies. Winter hazards are substantial, a...
Object ID: issw-1990-130-140.pdf
Keywords: winter recreation, resource management agencies, hazards, safety
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Title: The Use of Large Explosive Charges for Avalanche Hazard Reduction
Date: 1990
Authors: Larry Livingood, Jim Kanzler, Jake Elkins
Description: Mountain seismic exploration for oil-bearing strata involves the detonation of 3450kg of explosives every 200-300m in areas chosen for interesting su...
Object ID: issw-1990-192-197.pdf
Keywords: explosive charges, avalanche, hazard reduction, seismic exploration, oil-bearing strata
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Title: Maximum Avalanche Runout Mapping; A Case Study from the Central Sierra Nevada
Date: 1990
Authors: Hans Frutiger
Description: In 1983 an avalanche hazard map (AHM) had been prepared for Galena Basin in the Central Sierra Nevada. That area was to be developed as a ski resort a...
Object ID: issw-1990-245-251.pdf
Keywords: topographic, snowstorm, friction, velocity, runout distance
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Title: Avalanche Protection and Avalanche Research in Austria
Date: 1990
Authors: Peter Holler
Description: Since about 100 years the Federal Service for Torrent and Avalanche Control is existing in Austria. The Service is responsible not only for designing ...
Object ID: issw-1990-291-296.pdf
Keywords: protection, defense, hazard, mapping, blast bolt
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Title: Using CAD for Development of Avalanche Control Explosive Delivery Systems
Date: 1990
Authors: Stuart C. Thompson
Description: Proposed developments near the Jackson Hole Ski Area could place Gun #1, the currently used avalanche hazard reduction facility for the northern secto...
Object ID: issw-1990-310-315.pdf
Keywords: hazard, explosive, control, avalanche, rifle
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Title: Three Dimensional Snow Transport Modeling Over Mountainous Terrain
Date: 1988
Authors: T.W. Tesche, Dennis E. McNally
Description: The Snow Accumulation and Numerical Transport Algorithms (SANTA) modeling system integrates a Hountain Windfield Hodel (HWH), a sophisticated Transpor...
Object ID: issw-1988-091-097.pdf
Keywords: forecasting, snowfall, terrain, santa model
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Title: The Susan Jane Avalanche Path: A Case Study in Ski Area Planning and Avalanche Path Identification
Date: 1988
Authors: Chester Marler, Ann Fin
Description: Some of the planning efforts for a ski area expansion project are studied, identifying aspects of the planning process which related to potential aval...
Object ID: issw-1988-098-102.pdf
Keywords: avalanche, hazard, ski area
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Title: Avalanche Forecasting and Communication Experiences in Avalanche Hazard Scales
Date: 1988
Authors: Jerome Lafeuille, Edmond Pahaut
Description: Avalanche hazard scales can express a gradation in the severity of situations but, avalanche danger being multidimensional, it implies a partly subjec...
Object ID: issw-1988-251-258.pdf
Keywords: hazard scale, forecast, avalanche, communication, danger, multidimensional
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