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Title: Using Thermal Imaging to Verify Avalanche Control Results
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Mark Saurer, Damian Jackson, Bill Nalli
Description: As the population of the Salt Lake Valley and popularity of backcountry skiing in the Wasatch continues to grow, so do the logistic difficulties of co...
Object ID: ISSW16_O2.02.pdf
Keywords: thermal imaging, avalanche control, irt
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Title: Supporting, Evaluating, and Planning Avalanche Control Efforts with Lidar-Derived Snow Depth Maps
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Jeffrey S. Deems, Ryan Evanczyk, Dominic Vellone, Ethan Greene, Tyler Weldon, David C. Finnegan, Peter J. Gadomski, Adam L. LeWinter
Description: Recent studies have demonstrated the applicability and potential for ground-based lidar mapping to support avalanche control operations. High-resoluti...
Object ID: ISSW16_O9.02.pdf
Keywords: lidar, spatial variability, avalanche control, infrastructure planning
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Title: Artificial Avalanche Release: Flat Field Experiments Using a Gas Exploder
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Stephan Simioni, Jürg Dual, Jürg Schweizer
Description: Fixed avalanche control installations are frequently used today due to their various advantages to artificially trigger avalanches. Gas mixtures or ex...
Object ID: ISSW16_O17.04.pdf
Keywords: avalanche control, gas exploder, avalanche formation, experiments
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Title: Design and Operation of Remote Avalanche Control Systems (RACS) - a Best-Practice Example in the Alps
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Walter Steinkogler, Stian Langeland, Samuel Wyssen
Description: This paper gives insights in how to design and operate Remote Avalanche Control Systems (RACS) from the initial project planning to the operational av...
Object ID: ISSW16_P2.48.pdf
Keywords: remote avalanche control systems, risk management, design and operation
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Title: Being Prepared for Low Frequency Major Avalanche Rescues
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Donald Bogie, Andrew L. Hobman
Description: From a risk and search management perspective, an avalanche Search and Rescue (SAR) response contains many factors that increase the complexity and ri...
Object ID: ISSW16_P3.16.pdf
Keywords: rescue, avalanche site control, training
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Title: I-90 Snoqualmie Pass: Review of Highway Operations During a Major Construction Project in an Active Avalanche Area
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: John Stimberis
Description: Interstate 90 over Snoqualmie Pass, WA is affected by numerous avalanche paths that disrupt travel and threaten the safety of travelers. The most acti...
Object ID: ISSW16_P4.09.pdf
Keywords: snow shed, avalanche fences, avalanche forecasting, avalanche control, highways
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Title: Concept to optimize road closures due to avalanche hazard on low traffic roads in Norway
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Dag Theodor R. Andreassen, Ole-Andre Helgaas
Description: The Norwegian road network connects remote communities to central parts of the country. These communities are often vulnerable to isolation due to ava...
Object ID: ISSW16_P4.46.pdf
Keywords: monitoring, warning, observation, avalanche control, hazard evaluation
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Title: Critical Length for the Onset of Crack Propagation in Snow: Reconciling Shear and Collapse
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Johan Gaume, Alec van Herwijnen, Guillaume Chambon, Nander Wever, Jürg Schweizer
Description: The failure of a weak snow layer buried below cohesive slab layers is a necessary, but insufficient condition for the release of a dry-snow slab avala...
Object ID: ISSW16_O1.02.pdf
Keywords: snow avalanche, crack propagation, critical length, slope angle, pst, slab, weak layer
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Title: Use of Ground Based INSAR Radar to Monitor Glide Avalanches
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Ingrid Skrede, Lene Kristensen, Carlo Rivolta
Description: Ground based InSAR radars are commonly used to monitor deformations on rock slopes, using acceleration to predict the risk of failure. During the spri...
Object ID: ISSW16_O2.04.pdf
Keywords: glide avalanche, insar, radar, monitoring, stavbrekkfonna
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Title: Case Study: Natural Glide and Wet Slab Avalanche Cycle, Going-To-The-Sun Road, Glacier National Park, Montana USA
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Jake Hutchinson, Erich H. Peitzsch, Adam M. Clark
Description: The Going-to-the-Sun Road (GTSR) is the premier tourist attraction in Glacier National Park, Montana. The GTSR also traverses through and under 40 ava...
Object ID: ISSW16_O3.02.pdf
Keywords: glide avalanche, wet slab avalanche, forecasting, glacier national park, montana
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Title: Rescue at Cherry Bowl an Avalanche Canada Microsite Exploring the Many Learning Opportunities From a Successful Backcountry Avalanche Rescue
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Mary Clayton
Description: Too often, educational opportunities in avalanche safety are based in tragedy. Rescue at Cherry Bowl is a lesson from success; three backcountry skie...
Object ID: ISSW16_O4.01.pdf
Keywords: rescue training, education, awareness, avalanche canada, rescue at cherry bowl
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Title: Avalanche Awareness at the Jackson Hole High School
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Sarah Carpenter, Trevor Deighton
Description: Each year, more young skiers, riders, and snowmobilers are accessing the backcountry. For the past 12 years, the American Avalanche Institute has been...
Object ID: ISSW16_O4.03.pdf
Keywords: avalanche education, youth education, wyoming
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Title: Teenagers in the Backcountry: a Study of Use and Education from the Perspective of High School Students
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Emery L. Rheam
Description: Teenagers are using the backcountry increasingly more and more during the winter for a wide range of activities. When growing up in mountain communiti...
Object ID: ISSW16_O4.04.pdf
Keywords: teenagers, avalanche education, youth education
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Title: Risk-Based Avalanche Program Design
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Grant Statham, Brian Gould
Description: Avalanche safety programs around the world are diverse and varied, challenged to forecast avalanche hazard and manage avalanche risk in a variety of e...
Object ID: ISSW16_O5.01.pdf
Keywords: risk, hazard, probability, consequence, exposure, vulnerability, education
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Title: Can We Derive an Avalanche Terrain Severity Rating from Observed Terrain Selection of Professional Guides? A Proof-Of-Concept Study
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Scott Thumlert, Pascal Haegeli
Description: The physical risk from snow avalanches poses a serious threat to backcountry recreationalists and the winter backcountry recreation industry. Professi...
Object ID: ISSW16_O5.03.pdf
Keywords: terrain selection, helicopter ski guiding, avalanche risk management, avalanche hazard, gis avalanche terrain classification
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