Search the International Snow Service Workshops (ISSW) Proceedings Professional Papers and Poster Talks Publications database

Your search for Subject decision makingresulted in 81 records.

Title: Decision-Making on Variable Risk Terrain: Date: 1996; Authors: Dick Penniman, Rene Boisselle; Description: The likelihood of severe injury or death increases when avalanche victims encounter strong destructive forces within moving debris, and/or they impact...; Object ID: issw-1996-067-072.pdf; Keywords: backcountry, burial, force, obstacle, risk; View additional details about Decision-Making on Variable Risk Terrain

Title: Two Expert Systems to Forecast the Avalanche Hazard for a Given Region: Date: 1994; Authors: Jurg Schweizer, Paul M.B. Fohn; Description: A commercially available software, CYBERTEK-COGENSYSâ„¢ Judgment Processor for inductive decision-making, was ;used to develop two different exper...; Object ID: issw-1994-295-309.pdf; Keywords: hazard, snow cover, decision making, snow profiles,; View additional details about Two Expert Systems to Forecast the Avalanche Hazard for a Given Region

Title: The Role of Bacterial Protein for Snowmaking and as an Antifreeze: Date: 1994; Authors: David A. Lind; Description: Since making of artificial snow for ski area application is now widely practiced at most major resorts, an understanding of the basis for the process ...; Object ID: issw-1994-589-600.pdf; Keywords: ice crystals, temperature, snow making; View additional details about The Role of Bacterial Protein for Snowmaking and as an Antifreeze

Title: The Political Dilemma of Avalanche Hazard Zoning; A Comparative Analysis of Four Sierra Nevada Counties: Date: 1992; Authors: Dick Penniman; Description: From ground level observations of local weather patterns, topographic features and vegetation, avalanche paths can be reliably identified and return p...; Object ID: issw-1992-236-245.pdf; Keywords: avalanche paths, runout, decision making; View additional details about The Political Dilemma of Avalanche Hazard Zoning; A Comparative Analysis of Four Sierra Nevada Counties

Title: Basics of Snowmaking-Decision and Selection: Date: 1982; Authors: Jeffrey A. White; Description: The high cost of today's snowmaking systems, the high cost of money and, very often, inordinately high operating costs means a ski area can no longer...; Object ID: issw-1982-017-018.pdf; Keywords: cost, snowmaking, financial, ski area; View additional details about Basics of Snowmaking-Decision and Selection

Title: Decision-Making as a Function of Avalanche Accident Prevention: Date: 1980; Authors: Douglas S. Fesler; Description: During the decade of the 1970's, 17 fatal avalanche-accidents, resulting in 24 deaths, occurred in Alaska. An investigation of these accidents reveale...; Object ID: issw-1980-128-138.pdf; Keywords: fatalities, avalanche accidents, accident prevention, avalanche victims; View additional details about Decision-Making as a Function of Avalanche Accident Prevention