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    Avalanche warning in Svalbard.

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    Date
    2020
    Author
    Engeset, Rune V.
    Landrø, Markus
    Indreiten, Martin
    Müller, Karsten
    Mikkelsen, Odd A.
    Hoseth, Knut I. A.
    Status
    Published
    Pages
    25pp.
    
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    Abstract
    Svalbard has an extensive avalanche problem and seven people died in avalanches from 2000 to 2018. To mitigate the problem, the Norwegian Avalanche Warning Service included public avalanche warnings for Svalbard on Varsom.no in February 2016. To assist evacuations by local authorities, local warnings for Longyearbyen were started as a temporary measure days after the fatal accident in December 2015, when an avalanche hit ten buildings. This report presents the methods, organisation, and results associated with establishing the two avalanche warning services on Svalbard. We discuss lessons learned in terms of collaboration, risk management, specific challenges in the Arctic, due to climate changes and the event of an avalanche hitting two buildings in February 2017......
    Resource URL
    https://publikasjoner.nve.no/rapport/2020/rapport2020_35.pdf
    Publisher
    Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate
    Oslo, Norway
    Series;Nr
    NVE Rapport;35/2020
    Document Language
    en
    Best Practice Type
    Manual (incl. handbook, guide, cookbook etc)
    Spatial Coverage
    Svalbard
    ISBN
    978-82-410-2066-7
    ISSN
    1501-2832
    Citation
    Engeset, R.E. et al (2020) Avalanche warning in Svalbard. Oslo, Norway, Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate, 25pp. (NVE Rapport Nr 35/2020). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-933
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/11329/1430
    http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-933
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