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Title: Terrain Classification of Norwegian Slab Avalanche Accidents
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Linda Hallandvik, Eivind Aadland, Odd L. Vikene
Description: It is difficult to rely on snow conditions, weather and human factors when making judgements about avalanche risk because these variables are dynamic ...
Object ID: ISSW16_P2.03.pdf
Keywords: avalanche terrain exposure scale (ates), fatal avalanche accidents, outdoor recreation, practical implications, from novice to expert
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Title: Method for an Automatized Avalanche Terrain Classification
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Günter Schmudlach, Jochen Köhler
Description: Avalanche terrain classification according to ATES (Avalanche Terrain Exposure Scale) has become a popular method to represent and disseminate avalanc...
Object ID: ISSW16_P2.04.pdf
Keywords: ates, avalanche terrain exposure scale, avaluator
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Title: Semiautomatic Adjustments of the Avaluator for Sidecountry Trips in the Pyrenees
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Sara Orgué, Ivan Moner
Description: We present an adaptation of the Avaluator to obtain safety recommendations for sidecountry trips. We zoned with ATES and set a list of trips in two Ca...
Object ID: ISSW16_P2.40.pdf
Keywords: ates, avaluator, semiautomatic recommendations, pyrenees
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Title: Using Time-Lapse Photography to Monitor Avalanche Terrain
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Diana Saly, Jordy Hendrikx, Jerry Johnson, Doug Richmond
Description: On January 14, 2016 an avalanche occurred on the Football Field of Saddle Peak in Southwest Montana. Saddle Peak is a backcountry slope, located immed...
Object ID: ISSW16_O8.03.pdf
Keywords: time-lapse photography, backcountry, case study, terrain use
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Title: North American Avalanche Danger Scale: Are Public Backcountry Forecasters Applying it Consistently?
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Brian Lazar, Simon Trautman, Mike Cooperstein, Ethan Greene, Karl Birkeland
Description: The North American Avalanche Danger Scale is a tool used by backcountry avalanche forecasters to communicate the potential for avalanches to cause har...
Object ID: ISSW16_O20.01.pdf
Keywords: avalanche danger scale, avalanche danger ratings, avalanche forecasting
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Title: Combining the Conceptual Model of Avalanche Hazard With the Bavarian Matrix
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Karsten Müller, Christoph Mitterer, Rune V. Engeset, Ragnar Ekker, Solveig Ø. Kosberg
Description: The European Avalanche Danger Scale provides definitions for each of the five danger levels. However, some terms used in the scale are not fully defin...
Object ID: ISSW16_O20.03.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, bavarian matrix, conceptual model of avalanche hazard, eaws
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Title: The Effect of Slope-Scale Spatial Variability of Slab Characteristics on Propagation Saw Tests
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Chris Bilbrey, Jordy Hendrikx, Karl Birkeland, Stuart Challender, J. Andrew Gleason
Description: Understanding propagation in complex, non-uniform terrain is critically important for avalanche forecasting and mitigation. Currently we do not know h...
Object ID: ISSW16_P1.45.pdf
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Title: Understanding Global Crowd Sourcing Data to Examine Travel Behavior in Avalanche Terrain
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Jordy Hendrikx, Jerry Johnson
Description: This paper will present a subset of our results from our last three seasons (2013/14 to 2015/16) of global crowd sourced data collection to examine tr...
Object ID: ISSW16_P2.06.pdf
Keywords: backcountry skiing, gps tracking, decision making, avalanche terrain, crowd-sourcing
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Title: In the Pursuit of Standards - the Next Step in Canada's Avalanche Risk Management Guidelines
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Cam Campbell, Steve Conger, Brian Gould, Pascal Haegeli, Bruce Jamieson, Grant Statham
Description: Recognizing the need to standardize new and innovative Canadian avalanche risk management practices and respond to increasing demand from regulatory b...
Object ID: ISSW16_P2.27.pdf
Keywords: avalanche, risk, management, guidelines, planning, operations
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Title: Overcoming Avalanche Inexperience Using Active Education
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Karl R. Geisler, Neil S. Geisler
Description: The majority of class time in introductory avalanche courses is spent introducing topics and providing a knowledge base. While important, this highlig...
Object ID: ISSW16_P3.26.pdf
Keywords: avalanche education, flipped classroom, human factors, behavioral economics
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Title: The Avalanche Science Centre – The Science Programme
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Rune Engeset, Audun Hetland, Carsten Roland, Sigmund Andersen, Yngve Birkelund, Matthias Forwick, Markus Landrø, Andrea Mannberg, Bjørn Michaelsen
Description: UiT The Arctic University of Norway is establishing the Avalanche Science Centre during the period 2015-2017. The mission of the Centre is to provide ...
Object ID: ISSW16_P3.45.pdf
Keywords: decision-making, human factor, avalanches
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Title: Skiers Perception and Knowledge About Avalanche Terrain Practical Implications for Avalanche Education
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Marit S. Andresen, Linda Hallandvik
Description: In Norway, the number of people off-piste skiing in the backcountry is continuously increasing. This is also the case in Sogndal, a small village in W...
Object ID: ISSW16_P3.51.pdf
Keywords: avalanche terrain, snowpack, familiar terrain, avalanche education
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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: 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: 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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