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Title: Methodology of Snow Avalanche Post-Event Field Investigations: Tools, Difficulties and Perspectives
Date: 2006
Authors: Jean-Marc Tacnet , Sébastien Escande, François Rapin, Roland Burnet, Mireille Batton-Hubert
Description: Avalanche post-event field investigations are usually made immediately following the event. Assessments and results often vary depending on the person...
Object ID: issw-2006-530-539.pdf
Keywords: snow avalanche assessment, analytic hierarchic process, reliability, traceability, information systems
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Title: Developing a GIS Avalanche Forecasting Model Using Real-Time Weather Telemetry Information for the South Side of MT. Hood
Date: 2004
Authors: Logan Cookler, Beth Orton
Description: Recently, the use of Geographic Information System (GIS) has been applied in the field of avalanche forecasting. These approaches have mainly used hi...
Object ID: issw-2004-145-152.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, geographic information systems (gis), geographic visualization
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Title: Online Decision Support Tool for Avalanche Risk Management
Date: 2004
Authors: Patrick Nairz, Karel Kriz, Michaela Kinberger
Description: The Avalanche Warning Center Tyrol (Innsbruck, Austria) together with the Department of Geography and Regional Research at the University of Vienna ha...
Object ID: issw-2004-514-519.pdf
Keywords: avalanche risk management, online information system, decision support system
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Title: Creating or Morphing Avalanche Rescue Plans in Accordance with the Incident Command System
Date: 2004
Authors: Michael Ferrara
Description: Most avalanche rescue plans were developed before 1990. Since that time the Incident Command System has become the standard working model for unified...
Object ID: issw-2004-370.pdf
Keywords: incident command system, rescue, incident
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Title: GIS Data Model
Date: 2004
Authors: Douglas Scott
Description: The intent of this poster presentation is to demonstrate the various GIS data layers used in the documentation and analysis of snow profiles and aval...
Object ID: issw-2004-532-533.pdf
Keywords: release, geographic information systems (gis), avalanche paths, vegetation
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Title: A Probabilistic Technique for Exploring Multi-Scale Spatial Patterns in Historical Avalanche Data By Combining GIS and Meteorological Nearest Neighbors with an Example from the Jackson Hole Ski Area
Date: 2002
Authors: C. McCollister, K. Birkeland, K. Hansen, R. Aspinall, R. Comey
Description: Many ski areas, backcountry avalanche centers, highway departments, and helicopter ski operations record and archive daily weather parameters and the ...
Object ID: issw-2002-109-116.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, geographic information systems (gis), nearest neighbors, geographic visualization, knowledge discovery in databases
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Title: The Influence of Topographic Parameters on Avalanche Release Dimension and Frequency
Date: 2002
Authors: M. Maggioni, U. Gruber
Description: The avalanche hazard map zones in Switzerland are defined by the frequency and the impact pressure of a potential avalanche event Therefore, it is cru...
Object ID: issw-2002-097-104.pdf
Keywords: release area, topography, release frequency, geographic information systems (gis), statistics, avalanche cadastre
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Title: Snow Information System with the Usage of GIS in Western Himalayas, India
Date: 2002
Authors: Rashpal Kor
Description: The avalanche occurrence in northern Indian Mountains draws significance because of strategic reasons and tourism and poses serious problems for the m...
Object ID: issw-2002-167-174.pdf
Keywords: geographic information systems (gis), sis, forecasting, zoning, hazard
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Title: The GAZEX Avalanche Release System
Date: 2002
Authors: Eric Lieberman, Jacob Schippers, Stephen C. Lieberman
Description: The history ofGAZE:x® starts when Jacob Schippers ofT.A.S. (Technologie d'Alpine de Securite) began research on gas explosives out of a need for an...
Object ID: issw-2002-046-048.pdf
Keywords: radio control, explosives, control
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Title: Using GIS to Visualize Historical Avalanche Data
Date: 2000
Authors: C. McCollister, K. Birkeland, K. Hansen, R. Aspinall
Description: Most historical avalanche data are stored in tabular form, and are difficult to access and visualize. This project utilizes a Geographic Information S...
Object ID: issw-2000-439.pdf
Keywords: avalanches, avalanche forecasting, geographic information systems (gis), historical avalanche data
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Title: Avalanche Information System for Protection of Roads: The BONNEVAL-SUR-ARC Pilot Project, Savoy, France
Date: 2000
Authors: Alain Duclos, Leon Personnnaz et Isabelle Rivals
Description: Every winter, avalanches close the access road to the village of Bonneval-sur-Arc in Savoy, France. Large airborne avalanches have deposited up to ten...
Object ID: issw-2000-158-166.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, roads security, information system, neural networks
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Title: A Study of 4 Avalanche Accidents in Japan During '99-'00 Season
Date: 2000
Authors: Shinji Ikeda, Toru Maehara, Ryuzo Nitta, David Enrigh
Description: During the '99-00 season, 4 fatal avalanche accidents occurred in Japan. 7 people were killed and 1 person is still missing. Our study points out the ...
Object ID: issw-2000-021-027.pdf
Keywords: japan, avalanche accidents, rescue, avalanche bulletin
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Title: RAIFoS: Regional Avalanche Information and Forecasting System
Date: 2000
Authors: Bernhard Brabec, Roland Meister, Norbert Raderschall, Urs Stockli, Andreas Stoffel, Thomas Stucki
Description: Besides the text-based and Swisswide national avalanche forecasts regional avalanche forecasts have been introduced in Switzerland in 1996. Each of th...
Object ID: issw-2000-060-065.pdf
Keywords: avalanche warning, regional avalanche forecast, statistical models, nearest neighbours
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Title: Local Verification of the Swiss Avalanche Bulletin
Date: 1998
Authors: Stephan Harvey, Roland Meister, Heiri Leuthold, Britta Allgower
Description: Verification is a difficult yet important part to improve avalanche forecasting. During winter 1996/97 verification activities took place for the are...
Object ID: issw-1998-339-343.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, geographic information systems (gis), verification, visualisation
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Title: Avalanche Forecasting With GIS
Date: 1996
Authors: R. Bolognesi, M. Denuelle, L. Dexter
Description: Avalanches depend on snowpack stability as well as terrain conditions. Thus, these two kinds of information are required to perform punctual predictio...
Object ID: issw-1996-011-013.pdf
Keywords: local avalanche forecasting, geographic information systems (gis)
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