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Title: Remote Detection of Snow Avalanches in Switzerland Using Infrasound, Doppler Radars and Geophones
Date: 2010
Authors: Lorenz Meier, Daniel Lussi
Description: Remote detection of snow avalanches is an appealing instrument for monitoring snow avalanche activity during periods of bad visibility. It supports lo...
Object ID: ISSW_O-002.pdf
Keywords: snow avalanches, infrasound, doppler radar measurements
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Title: Mavalanche – Smart Avalanche Forecasting With Smartphones
Date: 2010
Authors: Christoph Suter, Stephan Harvey, Lukas Dürr
Description: The common information channels through which the avalanche warning service in Switzerland acquires information include a network of automated weathe...
Object ID: ISSW_P-061.pdf
Keywords: smartphones, mavalanche, warning service, mobile observation network
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Title: Practical Risk Assessment and Decision Making in Avalanche Terrain. An Overview of Concepts and Tools in Switzerland
Date: 2009
Authors: Stephan Harvey, Paul Nigg
Description: Risk assessment and decision making tools for backcountry and off-piste skiing have changed time and again. Basic avalanche knowledge about the main ...
Object ID: issw-2009-0654-0658.pdf
Keywords: avalanche education, risk assessment, decision making
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Title: Effectiveness of Long Term Avalanche Defence Measures in Winter 1999 in Switzerland
Date: 2000
Authors: Stefan Margreth, Stephan Harvey, Christian Wilhelm
Description: The exceptional avalanche period of February 1999 in the Swiss Alps with more than 1000 destructive avalanches was a valuable test for the long term a...
Object ID: issw-2000-501-508.pdf
Keywords: destructive avalanches, avalanche defence, supporting structures
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