Скачать или смотреть David Richards: 'What's The Score?' (WYSAW Pro Day '23)

This presentation will cover the concept of using a scoring metric to measure Strength, Structure, and Propagation to score observed stability in a snowpit. This method can improve communication and decision-making when looking at snowpack stability.

The method simplifies assessment and communication in the same method that the Glasgow Coma Scale is used in emergency medicine. As opposed to long and potentially confusing explanations, a user can communicate stability with a short and succinct numerical score. A study of this method, which was applied to more than 6,600 snowpits, shows very high correlation between the numerical score and the observed stability within the snowpit.