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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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- Title: Exploring Large-Scale Terrain Preferences for Managing Avalanche Risk in a Commercial Backcountry Skiing Operation
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Reto Sterchi, Pascal Haegeli, Clair Israelson
- Description: Guides of commercial backcountry skiing operations manage the physical risk from avalanches by assessing the local avalanche hazard and carefully choo...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P2.31.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche risk management, terrain selection, decision making, helicopter skiing, conceptual model of avalanche hazard
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- Title: Modernizing North America's Oldest Avalanche Program in Little Cotttonwood Canyon, Utah
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Bill Nalli
- Description: The combination of abundant snowfall, narrow roadway with many avalanche paths, dozens of threatened buildings, and large backcountry touring communit...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P2.33.pdf
- Keywords: highway avalanche program, avalanche forecasting, decision matrix, risk management
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- Title: Optimizing GIS For Snow Safety Operations at Taos Ski Valley: Avalanche and Explosive Tracking and Digital Avalanche Atlas Apps
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Rachel L. Moscarella, Andy Bond, Wetherbee B. Dorshow
- Description: Given the tenet that ski patrollers are inherently reluctant to complete paperwork, we felt compelled to make the recording of explosive use and avala...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P2.34.pdf
- Keywords: gis, risk management, avalanche mapping
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- Title: Use of Time-Lapse Camera in the Norwegian Public Roads Administration (NPRA) to Monitor Known Release Areas for Glide Avalanches in Norway
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Julie E. Bjørlien, Njål Farestveit, Jens Tveit
- Description: Glide avalanches represent one of the major avalanche problems for the Norwegian Public Road Administration in Western Norway and are notoriously diff...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P2.35.pdf
- Keywords: glide avalanches, time-lapse photography
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- Title: Forest Service Avalanche Center Safety: Examining Current Practice
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Simon Trautman, Scott Savage, Karl Birkeland
- Description: In 2013 the Forest Service National Avalanche Center created guidelines designed to reduce worker risk at Forest Service (FS) backcountry avalanche fo...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P2.36.pdf
- Keywords: safety, risk, avalanche center
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- Title: Active Works in a Starting Zone: Monitoring, Maintenance and Functional Restoration. an Analysis of Real Cases of Intervention
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Massimo Raviglione, Flavio Papetti, Michela Barberis
- Description: Active works in a starting zone are interventions made with more or less complex engineering structures (usually snow nets, snow bridges, rakes, tripo...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P2.38.pdf
- Keywords: active works, maintenance, rockfall, landslides
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- Title: Semiautomatic Adjustments of the Avaluator for Sidecountry Trips in the Pyrenees
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Sara Orgué, Ivan Moner
- Description: We present an adaptation of the Avaluator to obtain safety recommendations for sidecountry trips. We zoned with ATES and set a list of trips in two Ca...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P2.40.pdf
- Keywords: ates, avaluator, semiautomatic recommendations, pyrenees
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- Title: Herding Cats: Increasing Public Avalanche Awareness at Copper Mountain Resort
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Reed B. Ryan, Max J. Tyler
- Description: During the 2015-2016 season, Copper Mountain Resort (CMR), in Summit County, Colorado, introduced a program encouraging guests to wear avalanche beaco...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P2.42.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche beacon, inbounds avalanche, avalanche education, avalanche awareness
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