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Title: The Software Behind the Interactive Display of the Swiss Avalanche Bulletin
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Marc Ruesch, Andreas Egloff, Matthias Gerber, Gerd Weiss, Kurt Winkler
Description: The step towards interactively displaying the avalanche bulletins twice a day in four languages raised the need for specifically designed software to...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O5-17.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, software tools, avalanche bulletin, mobile applications
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Title: European Avalanche Warning Services (EAWS) – Latest News
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Patrick Nairz, Karel Kriz
Description: 30 years ago the European Avalanche Warning Services (EAWS) started to collaborate in a structured and regular basis. Since then there had been lots o...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O5-18.pdf
Keywords: european avalanche warning services, avalanche information system, harmonization
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Title: Shifting Audience and the Visual Language of Avalanche Risk Communication
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Jernej Burkeljca
Description: As more people venture out into avalanche terrain we must also deal with a shift in avalanche bulletin audience. They are the core product of avalanc...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O5-19.pdf
Keywords: avalanche bulletins, risk communication, visual language, avalanche awareness
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Title: Modern Forms of Communicating Avalanche Danger – A Norwegian Case
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Erik Rose Johnsen
Description: Norway established a national public service for avalanche danger warning on 14 January 2013, based on international standards. This is an important ...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O5-20.pdf
Keywords: avalanche bulletin distribution, public licence policy, crowd sourcing, user involvement, communication, social media, education
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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: Peut-On Identifier des Conditions Favorables au Départ d’Avalanches de Plaques de Fond en Neige Sèche Grâce à la Modélisation de la Neige?
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Gilles Brunot
Description: The conditions of natural triggering of full-depth slab avalanches are not well known. The mechanism is complex , due to creep phenomena which are ver...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-02.pdf
Keywords: full depth avalanche, favourable conditions, triggering, modelling
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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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