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Title: Testing and Developing Methods for Avalanche Forecasting in Norway
Date: 2010
Authors: Ragnar Ekker, Rune Engeset, Andrea Taurisano, Dagrun V. Schuler, Ivar Ambjørn Seierstad, Tore Humstad, Steinar Myrabø
Description: NVE1 was in 2009 appointed the national authority responsible for avalanches and landslides. A project was initiated, aiming to test and develop meth...
Object ID: ISSW_P-077.pdf
Keywords: forecasting, nve, snow observation data, landslide forecasting service
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Title: Sensor Web Enablement – Standards and Open Source Implementations for Observation Data
Date: 2009
Authors: Stefanie Andrae, Gerald Gruber, Andreas Hecke, Alfred Wieser
Description: Sensor observation can be applied in the field of emergency management for predicting, monitoring and managing ecological risks locally and regionally...
Object ID: issw-2009-0180-0183.pdf
Keywords: weather station, sensor web enablement, open source, geographic information systems (gis), ogc, standards
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Title: Snow Cover Monitoring and Modelling in the Alps Using Multi Temporal Modis Data
Date: 2009
Authors: P. Rastner, L. Irsara, T. Schellenberger, S. Della Chiesa, G. Bertoldi, S. Endrizzi , C. Notarnicola, M. Zebisch
Description: This study presents an intercomparison of three snow cover products derived from satellite data: the MODIS MOD10 standard product, a new MODIS snow co...
Object ID: issw-2009-0214-0218.pdf
Keywords: south tyrol, modis, snow cover, time series, climate change, modelling
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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: Estimating the Forecasting Success of Artificially Triggering of Avalanches with the Combination of Cluster and Discriminant Analysis
Date: 2009
Authors: Reinhard Fromm
Description: Meteorological conditions play an important role for the mechanical stability of the snowpack. Statistical algorithms can be used to determine the li...
Object ID: issw-2009-0366-0370.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecast, cluster analysis, discriminant analysis
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Title: Documentation and Analysis of Avalanche Events
Date: 2009
Authors: Siegfried Sauermoser, Johannes Hübl
Description: Due to the rare occurrence of huge avalanches, documentation and analysis of these events is very important for the enhanced understanding of avalanch...
Object ID: issw-2009-0438-0442.pdf
Keywords: avalanche documentation, avalanche analysis, avalanche type
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Title: Finite Element Models and Sensitivity Analysis of the Vulnerability of an Avalanche Protection Gallery
Date: 2009
Authors: Dominique Daudon, Julien Baroth, Patrycja Szczurowska, Ma Ying, Pascal Perrotin
Description: Our research work has focused on the Montaulever avalanche protection gallery. Horizontal and vertical structural elements are modelled herein using ...
Object ID: issw-2009-0587-0591.pdf
Keywords: avalanche protection gallery, finite element model, probabilistic sensitivity study
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Title: The French Nivological Workstation an Integrated Software for Regional Snow Data Analysis
Date: 2006
Authors: J.L Dumas, Y. Danielou, C. Gendre, G. Giraud, E. Pougatch
Description: For more than 20 years, the CEN (Snow Study Centre) has been developing operational software for snow data analysis including models for avalanche ha...
Object ID: issw-2006-624-627.pdf
Keywords: nivological workstation, modeling, operational forecast
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Title: Toward Better Decision-Making: Recognizing the Effect of Selection Bias in the Analysis of Recreational Avalanche Data
Date: 2006
Authors: N.J. DiGiacomo
Description: A number of decision-related “urban myths” have taken hold in avalanche education as a result of statistical analyses of recreational aval...
Object ID: issw-2006-244-253.pdf
Keywords: avalanche education, decision-making, accident case studies, statistical analysis
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Title: Snowpilot: A “New School” Tool for Collecting, Graphing, and Databasing Snowpit and Avalanche Occurrence Data with a PDA
Date: 2004
Authors: Doug Chabot, Mark Kahrl, Karl Birkeland, Conrad Anker
Description: SnowPilot (www.snowpilot.org) is a free software program that allows users to collect snowpit and avalanche occurrence data onto a Personal Digital As...
Object ID: ISSW-2004-004.pdf
Keywords: snowpilot, data collection, pit profiles, pda
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Title: New Observation Guidelines for Avalanche Programs in the United States
Date: 2004
Authors: E. M. Greene, K. W. Birkeland, K. Elder, G. Johnson, C. Landry, I. McCammon, M. Moore, D. Sharaf, C. Sterbenz, B. Tremper, K. Williams
Description: For over 35 years avalanche workers in the United States used observations described on “the blue and green sheets” published by the USDA ...
Object ID: ISSW-2004-006.pdf
Keywords: avalanche, meteorology, measurement, observation, education
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Title: Relating Spatial Variability to Snow Stability Using a Cellular Automation Model Initialized with Field Data
Date: 2004
Authors: Kalle Kronholm , Karl W. Birkeland
Description: This research uses a two-dimensional cellular automaton model, with inputs taken from field data, to mimic snow slab avalanche release. The initial we...
Object ID: ISSW-2004-007.pdf
Keywords: stochastic, avalanche release, shear strength, shear stress, fracture propagation
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Title: Natural Avalanches and Transportation: A Case Study from Glacier National Park, Montana, USA
Date: 2004
Authors: Blase A. Reardon, Daniel B. Fagre, Richard W. Steiner
Description: In January 2004, two natural avalanches (destructive class 3) derailed a freight train in John F. Stevens Canyon, on the southern boundary of Glacier ...
Object ID: issw-2004-582-597.pdf
Keywords: avalanche history, avalanche forecasting, natural hazards, northern rocky mountains
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Title: Size/Frequency Power-Law Relationships for Several Groups of Snow Avalanche Paths
Date: 2002
Authors: K.W. Birkeland, C.C. Landry
Description: Our poster summarizes the results of Birkeland and Landry (2002), where we direct the interested reader for more details on this research. Our results...
Object ID: issw-2002-031.pdf
Keywords: avalanches, power laws, size/frequency distributions, scale invariance, self-organized criticality
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Title: A French Local Tool for Avalanche Hazard Forecasting: Astral, Current State and New Developments
Date: 2002
Authors: Laurent Merindol, Gilbert Guyomarc'h, Gerald Giraud
Description: In several ski resorts, we have distributed a tool named Astral. Every days, this software calculates an Euclidean distance and correlation with past ...
Object ID: issw-2002-105-108.pdf
Keywords: statistical method, avalanche forecasting, weather and snow pack parameters
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