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- Title: Understanding Global Crowd Sourcing Data to Examine Travel Behavior in Avalanche Terrain
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Jordy Hendrikx, Jerry Johnson
- Description: This paper will present a subset of our results from our last three seasons (2013/14 to 2015/16) of global crowd sourced data collection to examine tr...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P2.06.pdf
- Keywords: backcountry skiing, gps tracking, decision making, avalanche terrain, crowd-sourcing
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- Title: A Proposed Paradigm for Advancing Human Factors Research: Linking Behavioral and Avalanche Scientific Disciplines
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Keith Gale, Dale Atkins, Iain Stewart-Patterson, Benjamin Zweifel, Bruce Tremper, Baruch Fischoff, Michael Jenkins, Rashaad Jones, Joseph Keebler, Moin Rahman, Gabrielle Wong-Parodi, Mark Borsuk, Magda Osman, Alan Sanfey, Brenda Dervin, Karlene Roberts, Ed Carlson, Mike Laney, Tim Bennett, Kenneth Perez, Taylor Barr
- Description: The avalanche industry understands that to save lives, we need to understand human behavior. The scientific discipline most directly affiliated with h...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P2.07.pdf
- Keywords: research roadmap
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- Title: Human Factor and Avalanche Decision Making in a Commercial Context
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Sigmund Andersen, Arild Rokenes
- Description: Professional ski and nature guides, as well as outdoor educators, have a considerable amount of time in exposed avalanche terrain. This paper focuses ...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P2.08.pdf
- Keywords: human factor, guiding, friluftsliv, avalanche, commercial demands
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- Title: Direct and Indirect Avalanche Experiences Among Backcountry Skiers: Relationships with Risk Perception and Use of Safety Gear
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Davide Marengo, Paola Dellavedova, Maria G. Monaci, Renato Miceli
- Description: A relevant factor that may affect risk perception and behaviors related to natural hazard is personal experience. Findings on recreational sports (e.g...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P2.10.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche experience, backcountry skiing, risk perception
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- Title: What is the Risk Threshold that Backcountry Enthusiasts are Willing to Accept and How Does Their Perception Align with the Actual Risk Involved?
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Terry Eyland, William Thibeault
- Description: An empirical investigation looked at backcountry enthusiasts? avalanche danger threshold and what the main factors are that alter that threshold. The ...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P2.11.pdf
- Keywords: decision-making, human factors, risk homeostasis, cost-benefit analysis, education
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- Title: Stress Cortisol in Professional Ski Patrol
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Alex Bergeron, Jerry Johnson, Scott Creel
- Description: Professional ski patrollers work in demanding and risky environments where stress is considered part of the job. Based on a previous study, the number...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P2.12.pdf
- Keywords: stress, cortisol, avalanche mitigation, ski patrol
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- Title: Observing Ski Touring and Decision making in the Alps. What Ordinary People Do or Not Do, and Why?
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Bjørn Michaelsen, Carsten Rolland
- Description: Recreational avalanche accident prevention seems to be based on a universal understanding of snow and avalanche science. This has led to an impressive...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P2.13.pdf
- Keywords: ski touring, decision making, risk cultures, tradition, qualitative methods, avalanche education
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- Title: Making a Public Backcountry Zone Shared by a Cat Skiing Operation and a Variety of Other Users Safer Through a Simple Awareness Card with Pertinent Information
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Eric R. Tollund
- Description: As backcountry user numbers continue to rise we are seeing more and more unprepared and under equipped users in the backcountry. As a guide with a cat...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P2.16.pdf
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- Title: The Norwegian Avalanche Science Center – Focus on Human Factors
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Espen Nordahl, Carsten Rolland, Rune Engeset, Audun Hetland, Sigmund Andersen, Bjørn Michalesen, Markus Landrø
- Description: UiT The Arctic University of Norway is establishing The Avalanche Science Center (ASC) during the period 2015-2017 with the vision No Avalanche Fa...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P2.17.pdf
- Keywords: no avalanche fatalities, human factor research, dissemination of knowledge, preventive work and education
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- Title: Using Crowd-Sourced Data to Understand Usage Patterns of Backcountry Recreational Users
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Ryan Buhler, James Floyer
- Description: Avalanche Canada's Mountain Information Network (MIN) is an online platform that allows users to share real-time information with the backcountry comm...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P2.21.pdf
- Keywords: public forecasting, crowdsourcing, travel behavior, terrain use, avalanche danger index
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- Title: Tracking Snowmobilers to Understand Travel Behavior in Avalanche Terrain
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Jordy Hendrikx, Jerry Johnson
- Description: This paper will present an analysis of snowmobile tracks from the 2015-16 winter season. Avalanche fatality statistics since 2000 shows that an increa...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P2.23.pdf
- Keywords: snowmobiles, gps tracking, decision making, avalanche terrain, education
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- Title: Tinder for Mentors: Examining the Prevalence and Value of Mentorship Relationships Amongst Avalanche Professionals in the United States
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Eeva Latosuo, Aleph Johnston-Bloom, Lynne Wolfe
- Description: Anecdotally, mentorship has been referenced as playing a significant role in the avalanche industry in the US for years. However, this has never been ...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P2.25.pdf
- Keywords: mentorship, avalanche professionals, workplace safety
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- Title: In the Pursuit of Standards - the Next Step in Canada's Avalanche Risk Management Guidelines
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Cam Campbell, Steve Conger, Brian Gould, Pascal Haegeli, Bruce Jamieson, Grant Statham
- Description: Recognizing the need to standardize new and innovative Canadian avalanche risk management practices and respond to increasing demand from regulatory b...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P2.27.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche, risk, management, guidelines, planning, operations
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- Title: Adapting and Calibrating the DAN3D Dynamic Model for North American Snow Avalanche Runout Modelling
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Jordan Aaron, Michael Conlan, Katherine Johnston, Dave Gauthier, Scott McDougall
- Description: Numerical dynamic snow avalanche simulations are now a key component in snow avalanche hazard and risk assessment, land use planning, and mitigation d...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P2.28.pdf
- Keywords: dynamic model, avalanche runout, three dimensions, deposit volume
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- Title: Method of Selection and Input Data to Create Event Scenarios
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Valerio Segor, Paola Dellavedova, Nathalie Durand, Luca Pitet, Andrea Debernardi, Eloise Bovet
- Description: The web-platform for the Avalanche Local Commissions (CLV) was developed as a operational tool to facilitate the avalanche hazard management. This too...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P2.30.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche local commissions (clv), dataset, avalanche scenarios, road management
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