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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; View additional details about Optimizing GIS For Snow Safety Operations at Taos Ski Valley: Avalanche and Explosive Tracking and Digital Avalanche Atlas Apps

Title: Integrating Gaming Technology to Map Avalanche Hazard: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: Donna Delparte, Michael R. Peterson, John Perkins, Jahrain Jackson; Description: As gaming physics engines advance, snow scientists have the opportunity to utilize these engines to animate and model avalanche flow and runout. Nume...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O2-22.pdf; Keywords: hazard mapping, gis, avalanche terrain modelling, dem, genetic algorithms; View additional details about Integrating Gaming Technology to Map Avalanche Hazard

Title: Terrain Analysis of Skier-Triggered Avalanche Starting Zones: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: Irene Vontobel, Stephan Harvey, Ross S. Purves; Description: Terrain is one of the main factors contributing to avalanche formation and important for the assessment of avalanche risk. Terrain characteristics of ...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O5-05.pdf; Keywords: avalanche, avalanche starting zone, terrain, gis; View additional details about Terrain Analysis of Skier-Triggered Avalanche Starting Zones

Title: Understanding Travel Behaviour in Avalanche Terrain: A New Approach: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: Jordy Hendrikx, Jerry Johnson, Ellie Southworth; Description: To date, most studies of the human dimensions of decision-making in avalanche terrain has focused on two areas - post-accident analysis using accident...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P5-09.pdf; Keywords: decision making, human factors, heuristics, gps, gis, terrain analysis; View additional details about Understanding Travel Behaviour in Avalanche Terrain: A New Approach

Title: Software Tools Developed for the Swiss Avalanche Warning Service - A System Overview: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: Andreas Stoffel, Ulrich Niederer; Description: Today, highly specialized software is required to produce the public avalanche bulletin and complementary snow information. Numerous data sources cont...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P5-38.pdf; Keywords: geoservices, gis, java, json; View additional details about Software Tools Developed for the Swiss Avalanche Warning Service - A System Overview

Title: Snow Safety Control Operations: An Interactive Web-Based Approach: Date: 2012; Authors: Phoebe B. McNeally, Jim Collinson, Randy Trover, Peter Schory; Description: Snow safety and ski patrol at skis areas are faced with the daunting task of maintaining avalanche control routes and artillery controlled areas. In t...; Object ID: issw-2012-290-293.pdf; Keywords: ski patrolling, starting zones, avalanche run-out, geographic information systems (gis),; View additional details about Snow Safety Control Operations: An Interactive Web-Based Approach

Title: National Database for Mitigative Measures Against Rapid Gravity Mass Flows and Rock Falls: Date: 2012; Authors: Ãrni JÃ³nsson, Egil Syre, Kristine Helene Hetland Ekseth, Helge C. Smebye, Eivind M. Paulsen; Description: Mitigation measures against natural catastrophes, such as rapid gravity mass flows and rock falls, have been built in Norway for centuries. Over the l...; Object ID: issw-2012-680-684.pdf; Keywords: mitigation measures, geographic information systems (gis), database; View additional details about National Database for Mitigative Measures Against Rapid Gravity Mass Flows and Rock Falls

Title: Avalanche Terrain Analysis of Hatch Peak at Hatcher Pass, Alaska Using ATES and GIS: Date: 2012; Authors: Rebekah King; Description: Parks Canada created the popular Avalanche Terrain Exposure Scale (ATES), identifying eleven factors that can increase the probability of an avalanche...; Object ID: issw-2012-689-692.pdf; Keywords: geographic information systems (gis), ates, terrain analysis hazard mitigation; View additional details about Avalanche Terrain Analysis of Hatch Peak at Hatcher Pass, Alaska Using ATES and GIS

Title: GIS Tools for Avalanche Assessment: Date: 2012; Authors: G. Burelli, F. Cucchi, V. Segor; Description: The use of Gis in avalanche assessment is widely adopted, it performs analysis which help to make decisions in land management. The aim of this work ...; Object ID: issw-2012-750-755.pdf; Keywords: geographic information systems (gis), land use planning, avalanche hazard; View additional details about GIS Tools for Avalanche Assessment

Title: Zoning With the Avalanche Terrain Exposure Scale: Date: 2012; Authors: Cam Campbell, Brian Gould, James Newby; Description: During the past three winters over 4000 km2 of avalanche terrain in five mountain ranges in western Canada was zoned with the Avalanche Terrain Exposu...; Object ID: issw-2012-450-457.pdf; Keywords: zoning, terrain, geographic information systems (gis); View additional details about Zoning With the Avalanche Terrain Exposure Scale

Title: Spatial Variability in Steep Couloirs: Weak Layer Variation With Respect to Wind Direction: Date: 2010; Authors: Zach M. Guy, Karl W. Birkeland; Description: Understanding the spatial variability of the snowpack is critical for avalanche prediction and mitigation. Previous spatial variability research focus...; Object ID: ISSW_O-016.pdf; Keywords: steep couloirs, wind direction, geographic information systems (gis); View additional details about Spatial Variability in Steep Couloirs: Weak Layer Variation With Respect to Wind Direction

Title: Avalanche Hazard Management at the East Toba River and Montrose Creek Hydroelectric Project, South Coast Range, British Columbia: Date: 2010; Authors: Alan Jones, Chris Stethem, Kevin Fogolin; Description: The East Toba River and Montrose Creek Hydroelectric Project is located in the South Coast Range 100 km north of Powell River, British Columbia. The p...; Object ID: ISSW_O-052.pdf; Keywords: hydroelectric, avalanche hazard, mitigation, deflection berm; View additional details about Avalanche Hazard Management at the East Toba River and Montrose Creek Hydroelectric Project, South Coast Range, British Columbia

Title: Snow Avalanche Research and Forecasting With GIS and Geospatial Sciences: Date: 2010; Authors: Alex Marienthal, Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana; Description: Geographic information systems (GIS) and geospatial sciences have been used effectively in data collection and snow avalanche related research for ove...; Object ID: ISSW_P-073.pdf; Keywords: forecasting, geographic information systems (gis), geospatial sciences, snow pack, research; View additional details about Snow Avalanche Research and Forecasting With GIS and Geospatial Sciences

Title: Using GIS and Google Earth for the Creation of the Going-to-the-Sun Road Avalanche Atlas, Glacier National Park, Montana, USA: Date: 2010; Authors: Erich H. Peitzsch, Daniel B. Fagre, Mark Dundas; Description: Snow avalanche paths are key geomorphologic features in Glacier National Park, Montana, and an important component of mountain ecosystems: they are is...; Object ID: ISSW_P-098.pdf; Keywords: google earth, geographic information systems (gis), glacier national park, montana, biodiversity, atlas; View additional details about Using GIS and Google Earth for the Creation of the Going-to-the-Sun Road Avalanche Atlas, Glacier National Park, Montana, USA

Title: Statistical Avalanche Run-Out Modelling Using GIS on Selected Slopes of Western Tatras National Park, Slovakia: Date: 2009; Authors: Marek BiskupiÄ, Ivan Barka; Description: Without doubt avalanche run-out distances play a key role in landuse planning within avalanche prone areas. The Å½iarska valley in Western Tatras i...; Object ID: issw-2009-0482-0487.pdf; Keywords: snow avalanches, geographic information systems (gis), run-out modelling, western tatras; View additional details about Statistical Avalanche Run-Out Modelling Using GIS on Selected Slopes of Western Tatras National Park, Slovakia

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