Trend analysis of Canadian avalanche accidents: The avaluator avalanche accident prevention card has not reduced the number of accidents

ISSW 09 - International Snow Science Workshop, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 610-613

  Uttl, Bob ^a   Kibreab, Mekale ^b   Kisinger, Kelly ^b   Uttl, Jan ^c  

^a MOUNT ROYAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c Avidataca   (Canada)

Author keywords

Avalanche accident trends; Avalanche fatalities; Avaluator; Obvious clues

Indexed keywords

AVALUATOR; MISSING VALUES; OBVIOUS CLUES; TREND ANALYSIS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; SLOPE STABILITY; SNOW;

ACCIDENTS;

EID: 82955202707     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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