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Title: Human Factors in Decision Making in Avalanche Terrain
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: François-Xavier Cierco, Frank Debouck
Description: Human factors are identified as a key factor in decision making for group leader in avalanche terrain. They affect both every steps of the decision pr...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P5-19.pdf
Keywords: human factors, group management, leadership, 3*3 method, winter recreational activities
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Title: Training (Formation) of the Followers and the Professionals
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Paul Bonhomme and Copil
Description: The French mountain guides intervene in a regular way in all the types of training (formation) bound in snowy areas. Both as regards the professional...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P5-20.pdf
Keywords: coordination, formation, practice, stakes, perspectives
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Title: Snow and Avalanche Association in Spain: A Merging of Professional and Amateur Experiences
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Martí G., Orgué S., Gavaldà J., Oller P., Carola F., Serred H., Arteta T.
Description: Since the eighties, some institutions in Spain have been working in avalanche forecasting and cartography but there was a lack of any association, whe...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P5-21.pdf
Keywords: avalanche awareness, association, knowledge, training courses
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Title: Ride Hard, Ride Safe! Val d'Isère
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Henry Schniewind, Renaud Lobry
Description: This presentation shows how, in 2010, Val d'Isère with Henry's Avalanche Talk (HAT) put into place a safety and communication campaign aimed primar...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P5-22.pdf
Keywords: skiing, off-piste, avalanche, awareness, safety
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Title: Avalanches in Nature Protected Areas – Except of Prevention and Rescue, The Need for Education of Nature Protection Arises (Experience from the High Sudetes, Czech Republic)
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Milena Kociánová, Roman Juras
Description: Increasing interest in winter free time activities contributes partially to avalanche accidents. Avalanche courses and workshops are one of possibilit...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P5-24.pdf
Keywords: education, avalanche workshops, courses, nature conservation
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Title: Avalanche Research, Education and Forecasting in Svalbard, Norway – A Roadmap Provided by an Expert Workshop in Longyearbyen, April 2013
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Markus Eckerstorfer, Jordy Hendrikx, Hanne H. Christiansen
Description: The mountainous landscape around Svalbard’s main settlement Longyearbyen is snow covered for 8-10 months per year. Infrastructure is built in a...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P5-28.pdf
Keywords: avalanche research, avalanche education, avalanche forecasting, svalbard, norway
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Title: Formation et Information des Pratiquants de la Raquette à Neige: Une Démarche de la FFRandonnée
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Michaël Anthoine et Jean Perrod
Description: La Fédération Française de la Randonnée Pédestre a constaté des flux très faibles de formation à la pratique et à l’...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P5-29.pdf
Keywords: formation, avalanche
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Title: Risk Appraisal and Decision Making in Front of Avalanche Risk: A Pilot Study With Backcountry Skiers
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Andres Chamarro, Gloria Marti, Tatiana Rovira, Francesc Carola, Jordi Fernández-Castro
Description: Studies and knowledge of human factor in avalanche fatalities are scarce or even null in the study area. Consequently, research into how people evalua...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P5-30.pdf
Keywords: avalanche education, risk appraisal, decision-making
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Title: The Canadian Approach to Professional Avalanche Training
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Emily L. Grady
Description: Canada is in a unique position with: low-density populations scattered over large mountainous areas of differing snow conditions; limited access to go...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P5-31.pdf
Keywords: professional avalanche training, canada, avalanche industry, avalanche education
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Title: STIPP, A Spanish French Project That Combines Experience and Technology to Dissemimate Information on Both Sides of the Pyrenees in Order to Prevent Risk Situations in Mountain Areas
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Comet B., Dupouy J., Avellanas M, Mayo S., Rodrigalvarez V., Cisneros C., Coll J., Sierra M., Anglés R., Asiain D., Pons A., Robert A., Hurtado R.
Description: Supported by the Interregional Co-operation Program Spain-France-Andorra POCTEFA INTERREG IV A 2007-2013 the STIPP Project was developed by different ...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P5-32.pdf
Keywords: technology, information, satellite, weather station, server, telemedicine, mountain, healthcare, rescue, crossborder, risk prevention
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Title: Swiss Avalanche Bulletin: Automated Translation With a Catalogue of Phrases
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Kurt Winkler, Martin Bächtold, Stefano Gallorini, Ueli Niederer, Thomas Stucki, Christine Pielmeier, Gian Darms, Lukas Dürr, Frank Techel, Benjamin Zweifel
Description: In order to produce the new Swiss avalanche bulletin twice a day in four languages, a fully automated translation system was needed due to the lack of...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P5-34.pdf
Keywords: avalanche warning, automated translation, catalogue of phrases, communication
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Title: How Semantics and Resilience from Twitter are Being Used to Avalanche Awareness Risk
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Francesco Bartoli, Igor Chiambretti
Description: Twitter is a new form of communication that makes large use of abbreviations to address specific scopes during the response to natural disasters. Duri...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P5-36.pdf
Keywords: twitter, resilience, communication, hashtag, semantic, avalanche
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Title: The Avalanche Cadaster of the Valle d’Aosta Region (NW Italian Alps): The New Born Web Portal (http://catastovalanghe.partout.it/)
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: A. Debernardi, V. Segor
Description: The Region of Aosta Valley is located in the far north-western part of Italy and share borders, to the north and west, with Switzerland and France. Mo...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P5-37.pdf
Keywords: avalanches cadaster, web portal, aosta valley, gis, historical memory
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Title: Software Tools Developed for the Swiss Avalanche Warning Service - A System Overview
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Andreas Stoffel, Ulrich Niederer
Description: Today, highly specialized software is required to produce the public avalanche bulletin and complementary snow information. Numerous data sources cont...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P5-38.pdf
Keywords: geoservices, gis, java, json
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Title: New Technologies: What Roles in the Education and Training? Feedback and Examples
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Alain Duclos, Thierry Vallée
Description: Educate, train, improve knowledge: new technologies offer attractive opportunities, but may also have adverse effects. What are these "New Technologie...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P5-39.pdf
Keywords: social networks, mobile, open data, good practices, education, safety
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