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

Your search for Subject "data collection"resulted in 10 records.

Title: Organizational Survey for Avalanche Professionals: An Interactive Poster Installation: Date: 2012; Authors: Scott Savage, Jerry Johnson, Matt Wieland; Description: Human factors are well recognized as primary variables in avalanche accidents. Individual decisions as well as organizational culture are often cited ...; Object ID: issw-2012-168-169.pdf; Keywords: avalanche accidents, avalanche professionals, decision-making, survey, word cloud; View additional details about Organizational Survey for Avalanche Professionals: An Interactive Poster Installation

Title: Three Different Shapes of Avalanche Balloons â€“ A Pilot Study: Date: 2012; Authors: Marek BiskupiÄ, Jozef RichnavskÃ½, Milan Lizuch, Filip Kyzek, Igor Å½iak, Pawel Chrustek, Emily P rocter; Description: Flotation devices are more and more frequently used. Their efficacy has already been demonstrated by field tests (Tschirky and Schweizer 1996; Kern et...; Object ID: issw-2012-770-774.pdf; Keywords: avalanche balloon packs, avalanche airbags, field trial; View additional details about Three Different Shapes of Avalanche Balloons â€“ A Pilot Study

Title: Social Data Sharing With Avalanche Lab: What If You Could Crowd Source Your Avalanche Forecast?: Date: 2012; Authors: Jesse Crocker; Description: Not Available; Object ID: issw-2012-855-858.pdf; Keywords: data management, avalanche hazard assessment, computer software; View additional details about Social Data Sharing With Avalanche Lab: What If You Could Crowd Source Your Avalanche Forecast?

Title: Public Avalanche Forecast Challenges: Canadaâ€™s Large Data-Sparse Regions: Date: 2012; Authors: Ilya Storm; Description: The Canadian Avalanche Centre (CAC) provides regional avalanche forecasts to recreational backcountry users for large areas in western Canada. This p...; Object ID: issw-2012-908-912.pdf; Keywords: canadian avalanche centre, network systems, public safety; View additional details about Public Avalanche Forecast Challenges: Canadaâ€™s Large Data-Sparse Regions

Title: Investigating the Snow Climate of Turnagain Pass, Alaska: Date: 2012; Authors: Wendy Wagner; Description: Turnagain Pass, Alaska, which is a popular destination for backcountry enthusiasts located 40 miles southeast of Anchorage, does not fit neatly into ...; Object ID: issw-2012-913-917.pdf; Keywords: backcountry, snow climate, avalanche terrain; View additional details about Investigating the Snow Climate of Turnagain Pass, Alaska

Title: Automatically Finding Avalanches in Geophone Data: A Pattern Recognition Workflow: Date: 2012; Authors: Marc J. Rubin, Tracy Camp, Alec van Herwijnen; Description: In this article we summarize a pattern recognition workflow to automatically detect avalanche events from passive seismic data collected from geophon...; Object ID: issw-2012-989-992.pdf; Keywords: avalanche detection, danger level, avalanche forecasting; View additional details about Automatically Finding Avalanches in Geophone Data: A Pattern Recognition Workflow

Title: Analysis of Continuous Snow Temperature Profiles From Automatic Weather Stations in Aosta Valley (NW Italy): Date: 2012; Authors: M. Maggioni, G. Filippa, E. Zanini, M. Freppaz; Description: Snow temperatures are strictly related to the heat balance of the snowpack and are commonly used to calculate the temperature gradient, which is one ...; Object ID: issw-2012-1017-1022.pdf; Keywords: snow temperature, weather stations, avalanche warnings; View additional details about Analysis of Continuous Snow Temperature Profiles From Automatic Weather Stations in Aosta Valley (NW Italy)

Title: Surface Hoar Distribution at the Scale of a Helicopter Skiing Operation: Date: 2012; Authors: Matthew Borish, Karl W. Birkeland, Stephan Custer, Stuart Challender, Jordy Hendrikx; Description: Understanding what controls coarse scale snowpack properties, such as surface hoar distribution, is imperative for predicting snow avalanches. Due in ...; Object ID: issw-2012-1040-1046.pdf; Keywords: snowpack, surface hoar, spatial variability, weak layers; View additional details about Surface Hoar Distribution at the Scale of a Helicopter Skiing Operation

Title: Internet and Social Networking: A Chance for Avalanche Education?: Date: 2012; Authors: Thierry VallÃ©e; Description: Community websites about backcountry skiing are the places where avalanches are discussed. Beginners can learn, experienced people and professionals ...; Object ID: issw-2012-381-386.pdf; Keywords: backcountry recreationists, weather measurments, public safety; View additional details about Internet and Social Networking: A Chance for Avalanche Education?

Title: Snowpilot: A â€œNew Schoolâ€ Tool for Collecting, Graphing, and Databasing Snowpit and Avalanche Occurrence Data with a PDA: Date: 2004; Authors: Doug Chabot, Mark Kahrl, Karl Birkeland, Conrad Anker; Description: SnowPilot (www.snowpilot.org) is a free software program that allows users to collect snowpit and avalanche occurrence data onto a Personal Digital As...; Object ID: ISSW-2004-004.pdf; Keywords: snowpilot, data collection, pit profiles, pda; View additional details about Snowpilot: A â€œNew Schoolâ€ Tool for Collecting, Graphing, and Databasing Snowpit and Avalanche Occurrence Data with a PDA