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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: 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: 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: 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: Bringing the Near Infrared Light to Practice
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Micah Johnson, Jacob Taubenheim, Drew M. Eldred, Ryan Stevenson
Description: The infrared light spectrum has proven to be an area with great potential for snow science. Most of the work performed to date has been to understand ...
Object ID: ISSW16_P2.41.pdf
Keywords: nir, probe, faceting
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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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Title: Mapping Avalanche Mentorship in the US: A Visualization of the Mentorship Network Amongst US Avalanche Professionals
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Sean C. Johnson, Eeva Latosuo, Aleph Johnston-Bloom
Description: Mentorship in the avalanche industry is a sparsely researched topic, yet anecdotally avalanche professionals and their workplaces typically talk about...
Object ID: ISSW16_P2.44.pdf
Keywords: mentorship, mapping, avalanche, avalanche association, professional development
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