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- Title: Regional Stability Evaluation With Modelled Snow Cover Data
- Date: 2009
- Authors: Michael Schirmer, Jürg Schweizer, Michael Lehning
- Description: Stability (or the probability of avalanche occurrence or release) is probably the key factor defining the avalanche danger level. Most snow stability ...
- Object ID: issw-2009-0306-0312.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche forecasting, snow stability, avalanche danger, snow cover, numerical modelling
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- Title: Styrian Avalanche Service – Danger Scale 5 – More than 200 Avalanches
- Date: 2009
- Authors: Arnold Studeregger, Hannes Rieder
- Description: In Styria there are 35 avalanche commissions for 47 parishes. They are divided into
11 different political areas. The local avalanche commission has ...
- Object ID: issw-2009-0346-0349.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche, avalanche warning service styria, danger scale
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- Title: Analyzing the Environmental Effects on the Danger of Avalanches Using Geoinformation Technology
- Date: 2009
- Authors: G. Gruber, A. Hecke, A. Wieser
- Description: Actual and high quality spatial data and information are the foundation in the daily
workflow in a common avalanche warning center. One essential act...
- Object ID: issw-2009-0428-0432.pdf
- Keywords: geographic information systems (gis), meteorological analysis, weather stations, raster model, avalanche bulletins
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- Title: Web-Based Tool to Support Local Avalanche Services With Hazard Evaluation and Documentation
- Date: 2009
- Authors: Sibylle Moehle, Lukas Stoffel
- Description: Local avalanche services have to gain a quick overview of avalanche danger and snow condition. For this purpose, they have access to data retrieved by...
- Object ID: issw-2009-0554-0558.pdf
- Keywords: local avalanche service, avalanche protection, avalanche danger evaluation, hazard estimation, documentation
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- Title: A Case Study in Avalanche Risk Tolerance in Two Transmission Lines: 1) Colorado, USA and 2) Eastern Iceland
- Date: 2008-09-23
- Authors: Art Mears, P.E., Chris Wilbur P.E.
- Description: Avalanche risk tolerance in two transmission lines is compared in this paper. A 115kV line in southwestern Colorado supplies electrical power to the T...
- Object ID: P__8034.pdf
- Keywords: avalanches, transmission lines, risk tolerance
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- Title: Avalanche Hazard Investigations, Zoning, and Ordinances, Utah, Part 2
- Date: 2008-09-23
- Authors: David A. Scroggin, Jack Johnson Company
- Description: The Wasatch Mountains of Utah are known as home to the 2002 Winter Olympics as well as having an abundance of avalanche history and avalanche hazard t...
- Object ID: P__8232.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche zoning, ordinance, governmental approvals, utah
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- Title: Avalanche Hazard, Danger and Risk - A Practical Explanation
- Date: 2008-09-23
- Authors: Grant Statham
- Description: A complete understanding of the fundamental concepts of avalanche hazard, danger and risk should become basic requirements for anyone undertaking aval...
- Object ID: P__8153.pdf
- Keywords: risk, hazard, danger, probability, consequence, exposure
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- Title: Can Field Observations be Combined Systematically With the Regional Danger Rating to Estimate the Local Avalanche Danger?
- Date: 2008-09-23
- Authors: Bruce Jamieson, Pascal Haegeli
- Description: Snow avalanche danger can vary considerably within the large forecast regions in western Canada. Experienced recreationists routinely use the regional...
- Object ID: P__8171.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche forecasting, snowpack tests, field observations, classification trees, avalanche danger, scale issues
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- Title: Trauma as a Cause of Death in Western Canadian Avalanches: A 21 Year Review
- Date: 2008-09-23
- Authors: Jeff Boyd, Pascal Haegeli , Riyad B. Abu-laban, Michael Shuster, John Butt
- Description: Purpose: To determine if trauma is a significant cause and contributor to death in Western Canadian avalanches and whether this varie...
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- Title: Terrain and Traumatic Injury in US Avalanche Accidents
- Date: 2008-09-23
- Authors: Ian McCammon, MIchael Ditolla, Scott McIntosh
- Description: Previous studies have investigated the incidence of traumatic injury in avalanche victims. But the relationship between these injuries and the terrain...
- Object ID: P__8120.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche terrain, trauma, rescue, education, risk management
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- Title: Avalanche Forecasting Matrix
- Date: 2008-09-22
- Authors: Richard W. Steiner, Jr.
- Description: The Avalanche Forecasting Matrix (Matrix) is an avalanche forecasting classification model created to improve communication between avalanche forecast...
- Object ID: P__8039.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche forecasting, contributory factor analysis, avalanche danger
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- Title: Does Size Matter? A Comparison of Avalanche Dimensions for Recreationalists Injured/Killed or Not Injured/Killed
- Date: 2008-09-22
- Authors: Dale Atkins
- Description: Conventional wisdom prescribes that larger avalanches pose a more serious danger to recreationists than smaller avalanches. However, this supposition ...
- Object ID: P__8229.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche, size, recreationalists, killed, injured
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- Title: Recent Trends and Prevention Strategies for Avalanche and Snow Immersion Risk at U.S. and B.C. Ski Areas
- Date: 2008-09-22
- Authors: Paul Baugher
- Description: Many ISSW participants are involved in snow safety operations at ski areas. Understanding recent changes in trends in avalanche and snow immersion ris...
- Object ID: P__8158.pdf
- Keywords: snow immersion, avalanche fatalities, narsid, ski area, risk management
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- Title: Avalanche Hazard Mapping and Risk Assessment in Iceland
- Date: 2008-09-22
- Authors: Harpa GrÃmsdóttir
- Description: A number of avalanche accidents have occurred in Icelandic towns since urbanization started in the late 19th century. In the year 1995, 34 people were...
- Object ID: P__8224.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche risk, hazard mapping, individual risk, iceland, risk assessment, acceptable risk
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- Title: Values at Risk Due to Avalanche and Rock Fall Hazard in Norway
- Date: 2008-09-22
- Authors: Christian Jaedicke, Kalle Kronholm
- Description: More than 6.7 % of the Norwegian land area features terrain steeper than 30 degrees. It is commonly assumed that these areas can be the source for bot...
- Object ID: P__8130.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche, hazard, risk, danger
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