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Title: The Norwegian Avalanche Observer Corps: Safety, Quality, Training, Procedures and Culture
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Markus Landrø, Rune Engeset, Andreas Haslestad, Jostein Aasen, Knut I. Orset
Description: Field observers are crucial to secure a steady flow of high quality observations from the field, which is necessary to provide a reliable avalanche fo...
Object ID: ISSW16_P2.50.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, observer training, safety
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Title: Tracking Melt-Freeze Crust Evolution
Date: 2012
Authors: Ryan Buhler, Sascha Bellaire, Bruce Jamieson
Description: Melt-freeze crusts are one of the most critical layers for slab avalanche formation. These layers usually undergo complex metamorphism and associated ...
Object ID: issw-2012-084-091.pdf
Keywords: melt-freeze crust, snowpack evolution, persistent weak layer, columbia mountains, thermal imaging, crust index
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Title: Testing and Developing Methods for Avalanche Forecasting in Norway
Date: 2010
Authors: Ragnar Ekker, Rune Engeset, Andrea Taurisano, Dagrun V. Schuler, Ivar Ambjørn Seierstad, Tore Humstad, Steinar Myrabø
Description: NVE1 was in 2009 appointed the national authority responsible for avalanches and landslides. A project was initiated, aiming to test and develop meth...
Object ID: ISSW_P-077.pdf
Keywords: forecasting, nve, snow observation data, landslide forecasting service
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Title: Sensor Web Enablement – Standards and Open Source Implementations for Observation Data
Date: 2009
Authors: Stefanie Andrae, Gerald Gruber, Andreas Hecke, Alfred Wieser
Description: Sensor observation can be applied in the field of emergency management for predicting, monitoring and managing ecological risks locally and regionally...
Object ID: issw-2009-0180-0183.pdf
Keywords: weather station, sensor web enablement, open source, geographic information systems (gis), ogc, standards
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Title: New Observation Guidelines for Avalanche Programs in the United States
Date: 2004
Authors: E. M. Greene, K. W. Birkeland, K. Elder, G. Johnson, C. Landry, I. McCammon, M. Moore, D. Sharaf, C. Sterbenz, B. Tremper, K. Williams
Description: For over 35 years avalanche workers in the United States used observations described on “the blue and green sheets” published by the USDA ...
Object ID: ISSW-2004-006.pdf
Keywords: avalanche, meteorology, measurement, observation, education
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Title: Size/Frequency Power-Law Relationships for Several Groups of Snow Avalanche Paths
Date: 2002
Authors: K.W. Birkeland, C.C. Landry
Description: Our poster summarizes the results of Birkeland and Landry (2002), where we direct the interested reader for more details on this research. Our results...
Object ID: issw-2002-031.pdf
Keywords: avalanches, power laws, size/frequency distributions, scale invariance, self-organized criticality
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