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Title: New Mobile and Web-Based Services for Backcountry Skiers
Date: 2010
Authors: Jan Eckert, Christoph Suter
Description: The WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF developed White Risk mobile, an IPhone-application which was presented at the ISSW-Europe 2009 i...
Object ID: ISSW_P-034.pdf
Keywords: prevention, planning, service-design, interface-design
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Title: Group Dynamics and Decision Making: Backcountry Recreationists in Avalanche Terrain
Date: 2010
Authors: L. Shay Bright
Description: Although avalanche literature emphasizes group communication and decision making, little empirical evidence exists regarding how these groups communic...
Object ID: ISSW_P-035.pdf
Keywords: decision making, group dynamics, backcountry recreationists, avalanche terrain, leadership
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Title: Recent Snow Cover Variations and Avalanche Activities in the Southern Alps
Date: 2009
Authors: Mauro Valt, Paola Cianfarra, Daniele Moro, Renato Zasso
Description: Snow and albedo play a significant role in the planet’s radiation balance. Snow cover extension, of the Northern Hemisphere in the last forty ...
Object ID: issw-2009-0229-0233.pdf
Keywords: snow cover variation, avalanche activity, risk
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Title: Simple Calculations of Avalanche Risk for Backcountry Skiing
Date: 2009
Authors: Bruce Jamieson, Jürg Schweizer, Cora Shea
Description: The avalanche risk from backcountry skiing and its dependence on the regional danger ratings have not been estimated—notably in North America. ...
Object ID: issw-2009-0336-0340.pdf
Keywords: avalanche risk, backcountry skiing, comparative risk, skier-triggering, regional avalanche danger
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Title: Creating Web Enhanced Avalanche Education at Utah State University
Date: 2006
Authors: Patrick Kailey, Mike Jenkins
Description: Beginning spring term 2007, Utah State University will offer a web enhanced level I avalanche class. The following year a graduate level avalanche an...
Object ID: issw-2006-403-405.pdf
Keywords: avalanche education, web based, web enhanced
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Title: Skill and Knowledge Mastery of Students in Level I Avalanche Courses
Date: 2006
Authors: Nancy Pfeiffer, Jeffrey M. Foley
Description: Avalanche education began in the United States in early 1970’s. The current entry level--often referred to as Level 1--avalanche curriculum fo...
Object ID: issw-2006-264-273.pdf
Keywords: avalanche education, avalanche curriculum, learning outcomes, outcomes assessment, information retention
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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
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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
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Title: Differences Between Avalanche Experts and Novices
Date: 2004
Authors: Dale Atkins, Ian McCammon
Description: Differences between avalanche experts and novices have long been cited as a key issue in designing effective avalanche education, yet few investigatio...
Object ID: issw-2004-452-461.pdf
Keywords: expertise, expert, novice, avalanche education, training, experience, decision making
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Title: An Avalanche Characterization Checklist for Backcountry Travel Decisions
Date: 2004
Authors: Roger Atkins
Description: This paper presents a checklist to assess the character of likely avalanche activity for the purpose of backcountry travel decisions. The purpose of t...
Object ID: issw-2004-462-468.pdf
Keywords: avalanche, characterization, checklist
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Title: Avalanche Risk Management in Backcountry Skiing Operations
Date: 2004
Authors: Harpa Grímsdóttir, David McClung
Description: Over the last 34 years Canada has had an average of 11 avalanche fatalities per year and during the past five years this average has increased to 16 ...
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Keywords: risk, skiing, fatalities, terrain
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Title: Characteristics of Fatal Avalanche Accidents in France 1989-1999
Date: 2000
Authors: Frederic Jarry, Franyois Sivardiere
Description: From the 1st of October 1989 to the 30th of September 1999, there was an average of: - 20 avalanche accidents per year; - 50 swept persons per year; -...
Object ID: issw-2000-008-015.pdf
Keywords: avalanche, accident, evolution, distribution
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Title: Avalanche Transceivers: Uses, Limitations and Standards
Date: 2000
Authors: Franz Kroll
Description: A first and quick glance on a snow surface will, simultaneously, show reality and illusion. It depends on the prior knowledge of the observer. What th...
Object ID: issw-2000-342-344.pdf
Keywords: skiing, triggered avalanche, transceiver, avalanche danger
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Title: Alpine Touring Access Management on Public Lands in Avalanche Terrain
Date: 1996
Authors: Robert H.Comey
Description: In Jackson Hole, Wyoming skiers and snowboarders access rugged avalanche terrain on publicly owned land from privately owned ski lifts. Backcountry av...
Object ID: issw-1996-209-212.pdf
Keywords: avalanche, teton, backcountry, jackson, ski, corney
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Title: I.S.S.W., Past, Present, and Future
Date: 1994
Authors: John Montagne, Peter Schaerer
Description: The purpose of this paper is to provide a background for the current series of biennial snow science meetings in North America. Such a background may ...
Object ID: issw-1994-105-115.pdf
Keywords: issw, avalanche hazard, avalanche control, communication
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