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Title: Could the Mediatization of the Biggest Avalanches Help for the Advancement of the Accidents Prevention?
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Philippe Descamps
Description: Avalanches causing casualties are very often at the front page of the press and strongly contribute to forge the representation of mountain activities...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O5-21.pdf
Keywords: accidents, information, news, training, awareness
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Title: Adaptation of Current Modeled Snow Covers and Avalanche Hazards to Future Climate According Several RCM Scenarii: Application to French Alps
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: G. Giraud, Y. Durand, M. Rousselot, L. Mérindol, I. Dombrowski-Etchevers, M. Déqué, H. Castebrunet, et N.Eckert
Description: This paper presents parts of the results of the SCAMPEI ANR project. In this project, snowpack scenarios are modelled across the French Alps using dy...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O5-22.pdf
Keywords: climate change, modelling, snowpack, avalanche risk
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Title: Trend Analysis of Snow Density and Water Equivalent in the Alpine Region
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Christoph Marty, Anna-Maria Tilg, Tobias Jonas
Description: Snow density is an important property for the characterisation of a snow cover. It is also a key factor for retrieving the snow water equivalent (SWE)...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O5-24.pdf
Keywords: snow density, snow water equivalent, alpine region, variability
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Title: Recent Changes in Avalanche Activity in the French Alps and Their Links With Climatic Drivers: An Overview
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Nicolas Eckert, Aurore Lavigne, Hélène Castebrunet, Gérald Giraud, Mohamed Naaim
Description: This paper synthetizes our ongoing work on relations between natural avalanche activity and climate change in the French Alps and subregions. Firm res...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O5-25.pdf
Keywords: avalanche activity, climate change, time trends, french alps
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Title: Weather Preceding Persistent Deep Slab Avalanches
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Michael Conlan, Bruce Jamieson
Description: Deep slab avalanches release on persistent weak layers of facets, surface hoar, depth hoar, or poorly bonded crusts and are generally hard to forecast...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-01.pdf
Keywords: deep slab avalanche, persistent weak layer, weather, natural, localized dynamic load
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Title: Toward Better Decision Tools for the Management of Frequent Avalanches
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Segor, V., Pitet, L., Bovet E., Dellavedova P., Sovilla B., Steinkogler W., Veitinger J., Maggioni M., Chiambretti I., Prola M.
Description: Avalanche safety personnel often face with the problem of whether to close a road or a ski-resort exposed frequently to avalanches. Such decisions are...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-03.pdf
Keywords: strada, frequent avalanches, management, routes, ski-resorts, strategies
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Title: Winter Types and Snow Avalanche Activity Along the Arpaş and Bâlea Glacial Valleys - Făgăraş Massif (Southern Carpathians)
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Mircea,Voiculescu, Alexandru Onaca, PatrikChiroiu, Dana Micu
Description: This paper discusses the correlation between winter types and snow avalanche activity, in the Arpaş and the Bâlea glacial valleys, located on th...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-04.pdf
Keywords: winter types, snow avalanches, arpaş and bâlea glacial valleys, făgăraş massif, southern carpathians, romanian carpathians
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Title: How Big is Big: Results of the Avalanche Size Classification Survey
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Ivan Moner, Sara Orgué, Jordi Gavaldà, Montse Bacardit
Description: Avalanche size is a key parameter in avalanche danger rating as well as in the communication between technicians. In 2009 the European Avalanche Warni...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-05.pdf
Keywords: avalanche size, survey, eaws
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Title: Automatic Classification of Manual Snow Profiles by Snow Structure
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Frank Techel, Christine Pielmeier
Description: Manual snowpack observations are an important component of avalanche hazard assessment for the Swiss avalanche forecasting service. Approximately 900 ...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-07.pdf
Keywords: snowpack structure, avalanche forecasting, snow profile analysis
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Title: Recreational Avalanche Accidents in Switzerland: Trends and Patterns With an Emphasis on Burial, Rescue Methods and Avalanche Danger
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Frank Techel, Benjamin Zweifel
Description: During the last 20 years (1992/93 to 2011/12) more than 90% of the avalanche fatalities in Switzerland occurred in uncontrolled avalanche terrain (rec...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-08.pdf
Keywords: avalanche accident, avalanche survival, mortality, rescue methods
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Title: New Tool for Avalanche Forecasting in the Krkonoše Mountains
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Roman Juras, Jiří Pavlásek, Jan Blahůt, Petr Bašta, Zbyněk Klose, Vítěslav Moudrý, Jan Balek
Description: The Krkonoše Mts., with the highest peak reaching 1602 m a.s.l., is the highest mountain range in the Czech Republic. Despite its low altitude they...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-09.pdf
Keywords: czech republic, expert forecasting system, modelling
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Title: Integration of a Drifting Snow Scheme in the French Operational Modelling for Avalanche Risk Forecasting: Evaluation by Avalanche Forecasters
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Daniel Goetz, Vincent Latu, Gilbert Guyomarc’h, Yves Durand, Gérald Giraud, Jean-Marie Willemet
Description: Snow drift modelling is a difficult challenge due to the large range of concerned working scales and the permanent interaction between snow, meteorolo...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-10.pdf
Keywords: drifting snow, modelling, avalanche risk, forecast, evaluation
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Title: NAVAL: A Computer-Based Tool for Avalanche Risk Scenarios Definition
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Massimiliano Barbolini, Francesco Stefanini, Lisa Bonomi
Description: The software NAVAL has been developed in order to support avalanche experts and decision makers to promptly define and visualise probable avalanche ri...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-12.pdf
Keywords: risk management, avalanche risk scenarios, computer-based tool, google earth
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Title: The expert tool XGEO and its applications in the Norwegian Avalanche Forecasting Service
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Emma Barfod, Karsten Müller, Tuomo Saloranta, Jess Andersen, Nils Kristian Orthe, Anders Wartianien, Tore Humstad, Steinar Myrabø, Rune Engeset
Description: Norway is highly dependent on tracking the changing snow cover, not only for the avalanche forecasting but also for hydropower production planning, fl...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-13.pdf
Keywords: map centric tool, observations, snow model, avalanche forecasting
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Title: Single and Mass Avalanching Similarity of Avalanching in Space
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Pavel Chernous
Description: Sometimes it is possible to observe only single avalanche release in a big area with numerous avalanche paths, but sometimes avalanches occur in many...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-15.pdf
Keywords: avalanches, mass avalanching, similarity of avalanching in space
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