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- Title: Basic Findings of the Project RIMES - Avalanches
- Date: 2013-10-07
- Authors: Antonia Zeidler, Paul Dobesberger
- Description: Within the research project RIMES (Climate Change and Natural Hazard Risk Management in Energy Systems) the primary focus was put on the development o...
- Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P4-52.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche, climate change
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- Title: Ash and Snow, Impact on the Avalanche Hazard of Ash Layers in the Snowpack
- Date: 2013-10-07
- Authors: Cedric Larcher, Diego Seba
- Description: On the 4th of June 2011, the Cordon del Caulle Volcano situated in the Chilean Andes
exploded sending a huge amount of ash and volcanic material into...
- Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P5-05.pdf
- Keywords: ash, volcano, avalanche, snow, snowpack, stability
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- Title: Using Google Map Application Programming to Communicate Avalanche Hazard from Multiple Avalanche Centers
- Date: 2013-10-07
- Authors: Robert H. Comey, Carol Peck
- Description: In the United States (US) there are over 15 separate avalanche centers which operate independently and issue avalanche hazard bulletins for 55 areas i...
- Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P5-40.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche, google map
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- Title: The Urban Avalanche Interface and Community Impacts a Case Study: Ketchum, Sun Valley & the Wood River Valley, Idaho
- Date: 2012
- Authors: Janet K. Kellam
- Description: The reality of dealing with urban development in avalanche terrain can look simple on paper but is challenging and complex in real life. Other factors...
- Object ID: issw-2012-009-015.pdf
- Keywords: hazard, zoning & planning, urban interface, risk management
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- Title: An Experimental Dynamic Response Study of Hard Slab Seasonal Snow to Explosive Avalanche Hazard Mitigation
- Date: 2012
- Authors: Josephine Bones, Daniel Miller, Scotty Savage
- Description: Avalanche hazard mitigation programs routinely use explosive charges to release avalanches and test slope stability, but fundamental understanding of ...
- Object ID: issw-2012-142-148.pdf
- Keywords: snowslope stability, avalanche control by explosives, blast bolt, hard slab,
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- Title: The Avalx Public Avalanche Forecasting System
- Date: 2012
- Authors: Grant Statham, Scott Campbell, Karl Klassen
- Description: In November 2011, Parks Canada, the Canadian Avalanche Centre and Alberta Parks Kananaskis Country launched a new avalanche bulletin system named Aval...
- Object ID: issw-2012-165-171.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche forecasting, avalanche hazard assessment, canadian avalanche centre
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- Title: Close Encounters With Avalanches During Rain-On-Snow: Lessons Learned
- Date: 2012
- Authors: W. Carran, H. Conway, A. Carran, Milford Team
- Description: Two close encounters with avalanches during rain-on-snow in the spring of 1996
were aha-moments for the Milford Road avalanche program; these definin...
- Object ID: issw-2012-285-289.pdf
- Keywords: instability assessment, snow stability evaluation, explosives, start zones
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- Title: Evaluation & Mitigation of Icefall Hazards for Civil Engineering Works
- Date: 2012
- Authors: David J. Scarpato, Martin J. Woodard
- Description: The implications of ice build-up on surface rock excavations can prove to be costly over the design lifetime of a slope. In areas subject to significa...
- Object ID: issw-2012-300-306.pdf
- Keywords: rock face, ice engineering, harzard
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- Title: The Cumulation of Avalanche Accidents in Certain Periods– An Analysis of Backcountry Events in Austria
- Date: 2012
- Authors: Peter Höller
- Description: This paper deals with an analysis of backcountry avalanche events in Austria. In particular the cumulation of accidents in certain periods will be inv...
- Object ID: issw-2012-329-332.pdf
- Keywords: backcountry avalanches, avalanche accidents, avalanche statistics
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- Title: Historical Analysis of Avalanche Fatalities in Denali National Park
- Date: 2012
- Authors: Kevin Wright, Tucker Chenoweth
- Description: Since the first mountaineering avalanche fatality in Denali National Park (DNP) in 1976, at least 45 climbers have been killed by avalanches in the mo...
- Object ID: issw-2012-333-340.pdf
- Keywords: fatalitites, runout zones ,public safety
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- Title: Spatio-Temporal Reconstruction of Snow Avalanche Activity Using Dendrogeomorphological Method in Bucegi Mountains-Romanian Carpathians
- Date: 2012
- Authors: Mircea Voiculescu, Alexandru Onaca, Patrick Chiroiu
- Description: Bucegi Mountains are located on the eastern part of Southern Carpathians (Romanian Carpathians). Considering the high altitudes (over 2500 m) and mass...
- Object ID: issw-2012-729-735.pdf
- Keywords: dendrochronology, avalanche hazard, snow avalanche path
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- Title: How Mountain Snowmobilers Adjust Their Riding Preferences in Response to Avalanche Hazard Information Available at Different Stages of Backcountry Trips
- Date: 2012
- Authors: Pascal Haegeli, Luke Strong-Cvetich, Wolfgang Haider
- Description: Over the last five winters, mountain snowmobilers accounted for 53% (41 of 77) of all recreational avalanche fatalities in Canada, which is a signific...
- Object ID: issw-2012-800-806.pdf
- Keywords: mountain snowmobiling, avalanche hazard information, decision making, terrain choices, discrete choice experiment
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- Title: Linking Avalanche Problems to Avalanche Danger— A First Statistical Examination of the Conceptual Model of Avalanche Hazard
- Date: 2012
- Authors: Pascal Haegeli, Markus Falk, Karl Klassen
- Description: At the 2010 ISSW, Statham et al. (2010a) introduced a new North American avalanche danger scale to replace the two scales that were used in Canada and...
- Object ID: issw-2012-859-865.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche danger scale, avalanche forecasting, public safety, data recording
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- Title: Observations on the Development/Destruction of Potential Sliding Layers in a Path Controlled With Large Amounts of Explosives and Artillery
- Date: 2012
- Authors: Mike Stanford, Brandon Levy
- Description: The Old Faithful slide area just west from the summit of Stevens Pass in central Washington State is a time tested area for Avalanches. Thousands of r...
- Object ID: issw-2012-904-907.pdf
- Keywords: old faithful, highway, forecasts
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- Title: The Role of Information Technology in Public Avalanche Forecasting International Snow Science Workshop 2012
- Date: 2012
- Authors: Kristina Welch
- Description: Technology has changed the face of many industries, prompting an evolution of business norms and processes. As industries mature their relationship wi...
- Object ID: issw-2012-404-407.pdf
- Keywords: technology, ski safety, avalanche forecasting, avalanche risk management
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