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Title: Combining Snowpack Models and Observations for Better Avalanche Danger Assessments: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Fabiano Monti, Christoph Mitterer, Walter Steinkogler, Mathias Bavay, Andrea Pozzi; Description: Now-casting of avalanche danger is mainly based on direct snow stability observations (e.g. recent avalanches), snow stability tests combined with str...; Object ID: ISSW16_O15.03.pdf; Keywords: avalanche forecasting, manual observations, snow cover modeling, snow and weather data; View additional details about Combining Snowpack Models and Observations for Better Avalanche Danger Assessments

Title: The Avalanche Character Frequency of Reported Avalanche Events in Colorado, USA, 2011-2016: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Spencer Logan, Ethan Greene; Description: North American avalanche practitioners developed nine Avalanche Characters, based on risk treatment strategies, weak layer, and slab characteristics o...; Object ID: ISSW16_O15.04.pdf; Keywords: avalanche character, avalanche events, accidents; View additional details about The Avalanche Character Frequency of Reported Avalanche Events in Colorado, USA, 2011-2016

Title: Longyearbyen, Svalbard - Vulnerability and Risk Management of an Arctic Settlement Under Changing Climate - a Challenge to Authorities and Experts: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Erik Hestnes, Steinar BakkehÃ¸i, Christian Jaedicke; Description: Longyearbyen, the administrative centre of the Svalbard archipelago, is facing most types of natural hazards under a changing Arctic climate. The cata...; Object ID: ISSW16_O16.02.pdf; Keywords: arctic environment, climate change, natural hazards, mitigation, research, consulting; View additional details about Longyearbyen, Svalbard - Vulnerability and Risk Management of an Arctic Settlement Under Changing Climate - a Challenge to Authorities and Experts

Title: Vulnerability of Houses and Persons Under Avalanche Impact â€“ The Avalanche at Longyearbyen on 2015-12-19: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Dieter Issler, JÃ³nsson Ãrni, Peter Gauer, Ulrik Domaas; Description: This study uses data from the avalanche that killed two persons and destroyed eleven essentially identical wood-frame houses in Longyearbyen, Svalbard...; Object ID: ISSW16_O16.03.pdf; Keywords:; View additional details about Vulnerability of Houses and Persons Under Avalanche Impact â€“ The Avalanche at Longyearbyen on 2015-12-19

Title: Forecasting the Fatal Longyearbyen Avalanche. Possibilities and Challenges: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Christian Jaedicke, Erik Hestnes, Steinar BakkehÃ¸i, Torgeir MÃ¸rk, Kjetil Brattlien; Description: One of the main questions after the fatal avalanche in Longyearbyen in December 2015, where two persons perished and eleven houses were destroyed, was...; Object ID: ISSW16_O16.04.pdf; Keywords: avalanche accident, forecasting, storm weather, wind measurements; View additional details about Forecasting the Fatal Longyearbyen Avalanche. Possibilities and Challenges

Title: A Smartphone Application for Estimating the Critical Slope Angle for Avalanche Release: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Ron Simenhois, Karl W. Birkeland, Alec van Herwijnen; Description: Once a weak layer has fractured, slope steepness largely dictates whether or not an avalanche will release. Exceeding the critical slope angle, i.e. a...; Object ID: ISSW16_O17.01.pdf; Keywords:; View additional details about A Smartphone Application for Estimating the Critical Slope Angle for Avalanche Release

Title: Observer Independent Measures of Snow Instability: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Benjamin Reuter, JÃ¼rg Schweizer, Alec van Herwijnen; Description: Observer independent measures of snow instability are a prerequisite for modeling, verifying and improving avalanche forecasts. However, presently no ...; Object ID: ISSW16_O17.02.pdf; Keywords: snow instability, avalanche forecasting, snow micro-penetrometer, avalanche initiation, crack propagation, tensile strength, finite element modeling; View additional details about Observer Independent Measures of Snow Instability

Title: Measuring the Mechanical Properties of Snow Relevant For Dry-Snow Slab Avalanche Release Using Particle Tracking Velocimetry: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Alec van Herwijnen, Ned Bair, Karl Birkeland, Ben Reuter, Ron Simenhois, Bruce Jamieson, JÃ¼rg Schweizer; Description: Particle tracking velocimetry (PTV) is a measurement technique widely used to determine displacement and velocity fields from video recordings. It is ...; Object ID: ISSW16_O17.03.pdf; Keywords: snow mechanical properties, avalanche release, particle tracking velocimetry, snow stability; View additional details about Measuring the Mechanical Properties of Snow Relevant For Dry-Snow Slab Avalanche Release Using Particle Tracking Velocimetry

Title: Artificial Avalanche Release: Flat Field Experiments Using a Gas Exploder: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Stephan Simioni, JÃ¼rg Dual, JÃ¼rg Schweizer; Description: Fixed avalanche control installations are frequently used today due to their various advantages to artificially trigger avalanches. Gas mixtures or ex...; Object ID: ISSW16_O17.04.pdf; Keywords: avalanche control, gas exploder, avalanche formation, experiments; View additional details about Artificial Avalanche Release: Flat Field Experiments Using a Gas Exploder

Title: The Most Disastrous Avalanche Events in Austria Since 1946/47: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Peter HÃ¶ller; Description: Avalanches are one of the principal natural hazards in alpine regions, resulting frequently in disastrous accidents. In this paper accidents with 5 or...; Object ID: ISSW16_O18.01.pdf; Keywords: avalanche accidents, avalanche fatalities, avalanche history; View additional details about The Most Disastrous Avalanche Events in Austria Since 1946/47

Title: The Establishment of the First Public Avalanche Forecasting Service in Sweden: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Per-Olov Wikberg, Petter Palmgren; Description: Sweden started in 2015 the establishment of its first public avalanche forecasting service. The establishment of the service was initiated by the Swed...; Object ID: ISSW16_O18.03.pdf; Keywords: avalanche forecasting, swedish environmental protection agency (sepa); View additional details about The Establishment of the First Public Avalanche Forecasting Service in Sweden

Title: Selection Criteria for Snow Avalanche Mitigation Measures Considering Other Potential Geohazards: Examples From Colorado and Canadian Highways: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Dave Gauthier, Alex Strouth, Mark Vessely; Description: While unique in many ways, snow avalanches are one of many potential geohazards which threaten transportation and energy corridors, mine sites, etc., ...; Object ID: ISSW16_O19.01.pdf; Keywords: mitigation, geohazard, risk; View additional details about Selection Criteria for Snow Avalanche Mitigation Measures Considering Other Potential Geohazards: Examples From Colorado and Canadian Highways

Title: Quantifying the Effectiveness of Active Mitigation on Transportation Corridors: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: David Hamre, Ethan Greene, Stefan Margreth; Description: Numerous efforts have been made to quantify avalanche risk in transportation corridors (Schaerer 1981, Hendrikx 2006, Margreth 2003, 2016), but little...; Object ID: ISSW16_O19.02.pdf; Keywords: avalanche, mitigation, risk reduction; View additional details about Quantifying the Effectiveness of Active Mitigation on Transportation Corridors

Title: North American Avalanche Danger Scale: Are Public Backcountry Forecasters Applying it Consistently?: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Brian Lazar, Simon Trautman, Mike Cooperstein, Ethan Greene, Karl Birkeland; Description: The North American Avalanche Danger Scale is a tool used by backcountry avalanche forecasters to communicate the potential for avalanches to cause har...; Object ID: ISSW16_O20.01.pdf; Keywords: avalanche danger scale, avalanche danger ratings, avalanche forecasting; View additional details about North American Avalanche Danger Scale: Are Public Backcountry Forecasters Applying it Consistently?

Title: Variations in Individual Danger Level Estimates Within the Same Forecast Region: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Frank Techel, Lukas DÃ¼rr, JÃ¼rg Schweizer; Description: Forecasters in many public avalanche forecast operations rely on field observations and danger (or stability) assessments by experienced and well-trai...; Object ID: ISSW16_O20.02.pdf; Keywords: avalanche forecasting, avalanche danger level, observer-specific bias; View additional details about Variations in Individual Danger Level Estimates Within the Same Forecast Region

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