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Title: A Rule Based Risk Management System Based on Maps and Danger Level
Date: 2012
Authors: Kalle Kronholm, Jo Gunnar Ellevold
Description: After a tragic accident where 16 soldiers were killed in an avalanche during a military exercise in 1986, the Norwegian Armed Forces took several ste...
Object ID: issw-2012-693-695.pdf
Keywords: avalanche risk management, release zones, geographic information systems (gis)
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Title: GIS Tools for Avalanche Assessment
Date: 2012
Authors: G. Burelli, F. Cucchi, V. Segor
Description: The use of Gis in avalanche assessment is widely adopted, it performs analysis which help to make decisions in land management. The aim of this work ...
Object ID: issw-2012-750-755.pdf
Keywords: geographic information systems (gis), land use planning, avalanche hazard
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Title: Educating Ski Patrollers at Chimbulak (Shymbulak) Ski Resort, Kazakhstan
Date: 2012
Authors: Alexander Prokop, Peter Dirninger
Description: Chimbulak ski resort, located close to the former capital city of Kazakhstan, Almaty, has challenging preconditions to make their resort avalanche saf...
Object ID: issw-2012-831-833.pdf
Keywords: ski patrolling, avalanche risk management, artificially triggered, snow control
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Title: Evaluating the Avaluator Avalanche Accident Prevention Card 2.0
Date: 2012
Authors: Bob Uttl, Joanna McDouall, Christina Mitchell
Description: The Avaluator Avalanche Accident Prevention Card (Haegeli & McCammon, 2006), consisting of the Trip Planner and Obvious Clues, was marketed by the Ca...
Object ID: issw-2012-840-847.pdf
Keywords: avaluator avalanche accident prevention card, accident prevention, risk reduction tools, risk, decision making
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Title: Meteorological Tower Design for Severe Weather and Remote Locations
Date: 2012
Authors: Kelly Elder, Ilkoo Angutikjuak, Jessica Baker, Matt Belford, Tom Bennett, Karl Birkeland, Daniel Bowker, Doug Chabot, April Cheuvront, Mark Dixon, Dylan Elder, Lee Elder, Shari Gearheard, Greg Giedt, Kim Grant, Sam Green, Ethan Greene, Nick Houfek, Caleb Huntington, Henry Huntington, Thomas Huntington, Daniel Janigian, Crane Johnson, Glen Liston, Rob Maris, Andrea Marsh, Hans-Peter Marshall, Aidan Meiners, Alex Meiners, Theo Meiners, Limakee Palluq, Josh Pope, Esa Qillaq, Joelli Sanguya, Sam Sehnert, Ron Simenhois, Banning Starr, Roger Tyler
Description: We have developed a robust meteorological tower for deployment in locations with extreme conditions and for applications that require relatively main...
Object ID: issw-2012-968-975.pdf
Keywords: avalanche tower, weather stations, data collection
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Title: The Effects of Explosives on the Physical Properties of Snow
Date: 2012
Authors: Robyn E. Wooldridge, Jordy Hendrikx, Daniel A. Miller, Karl W. Birkeland
Description: Explosives are a critically important component of avalanche control programs. They are used both to initiate avalanches and to test snowpack instabil...
Object ID: issw-2012-1033-1039.pdf
Keywords: explosives, snow pack, avalanche risk,
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Title: Geoavalanche - Spatial Data Infrastructure for Avalanche Awareness Warning
Date: 2012
Authors: Bartoli F.
Description: Avalanches are a serious problem across the Alps even more in the latest years, considering the number of people playing outdoor activities on snow a...
Object ID: issw-2012-367-374.pdf
Keywords: backcountry recreationists, avalanche awareness, risk
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Title: Zoning With the Avalanche Terrain Exposure Scale
Date: 2012
Authors: Cam Campbell, Brian Gould, James Newby
Description: During the past three winters over 4000 km2 of avalanche terrain in five mountain ranges in western Canada was zoned with the Avalanche Terrain Exposu...
Object ID: issw-2012-450-457.pdf
Keywords: zoning, terrain, geographic information systems (gis)
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Title: Perception of Risk in Avalanche Terrain
Date: 2012
Authors: Krister Kristensen, Manuel Genswein, Werner Munter
Description: Although avalanche training and the risk minimization strategies have greatly evolved and are being widely taught to recreational and professional use...
Object ID: issw-2012-501-505.pdf
Keywords: avalanche, risk perception, education
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Title: I-90 Snoqualmie Pass: Operating a Highway Avalanche Program During a Major Construction Project
Date: 2012
Authors: John Stimberis
Description: Snoqualmie Pass, WA (921m) receives an average of 1100 cm of snowfall annually. Interstate 90 over Snoqualmie Pass is the major highway through the C...
Object ID: issw-2012-547-552.pdf
Keywords: snow sheds, avalanche fences, explosives tramways, avalanche forecasting, avalanche control
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Title: Avalanche Hazard Management at the East Toba River and Montrose Creek Hydroelectric Project, South Coast Range, British Columbia
Date: 2010
Authors: Alan Jones, Chris Stethem, Kevin Fogolin
Description: The East Toba River and Montrose Creek Hydroelectric Project is located in the South Coast Range 100 km north of Powell River, British Columbia. The p...
Object ID: ISSW_O-052.pdf
Keywords: hydroelectric, avalanche hazard, mitigation, deflection berm
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Title: Spatial Variability in Steep Couloirs: Weak Layer Variation With Respect to Wind Direction
Date: 2010
Authors: Zach M. Guy, Karl W. Birkeland
Description: Understanding the spatial variability of the snowpack is critical for avalanche prediction and mitigation. Previous spatial variability research focus...
Object ID: ISSW_O-016.pdf
Keywords: steep couloirs, wind direction, geographic information systems (gis)
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Title: New Insights Into Skier-Triggering of Slab Avalanches
Date: 2010
Authors: Joachim Heierli, Karl W. Birkeland, Ron Simenhois, Peter Gumbsch
Description: Most skiers trigger the slab avalanche in which they are caught. Preventing those accidents necessitates a better understanding of the factors contrib...
Object ID: ISSW_O-040.pdf
Keywords: skier-triggering, slab avalanches, anticrack model, risk
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Title: A New Environment-Friendly Device for Avalanche Preventive Release
Date: 2010
Authors: Dr. Philippe Berthet-Rambaud, Bruno Farizy, Anthony Juge, Xavier Gallot-Lavallée,, Ernesto Bassetti
Description: This new concept called O’Bellx® combines the recent improvements from the DaisyBell® project with the advantages of a static gas system....
Object ID: ISSW_O-053.pdf
Keywords: preventive avalanche release, gas device, seasonal removability
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Title: Visitor Risk Management Applied to Avalanches in New Zealand
Date: 2010
Authors: Don Bogie, Mike Davies
Description: The Department of Conservation (DOC) manages a third of the land in New Zealand. This is also where the majority of avalanches occur. Many huts, track...
Object ID: ISSW_P-037.pdf
Keywords: visitor risk management, department of conservation, avalanche terrain
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