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Comprehensibility of the avalanche danger scale – are the terms enough intuitive? Benjamin Zweifel

Comprehensibility of the avalanche danger scale – are the terms enough intuitive? Benjamin Zweifel. Avalanche danger scale. What do people understand?. Are the terms intuitive enough? . Problem: Level 3 - considerable. How do you rate the level “ 3 ” at the avalanche danger scale?

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Comprehensibility of the avalanche danger scale – are the terms enough intuitive? Benjamin Zweifel

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  1. Comprehensibility of the avalanche danger scale – are the terms enough intuitive? Benjamin Zweifel

  2. Avalanche danger scale What do people understand?

  3. Are the terms intuitive enough?

  4. Problem: Level 3 - considerable • How do you rate the level “3” at the avalanche danger scale? • ₰ Safe ₰ Intermediate ₰ Dangerous • How do you rate the level “considerable” at the avalanche danger scale? • ₰ Safe ₰ Intermediate ₰ Dangerous

  5. Results interviews Davos, Freeride area (n=591) 3 considerable Diploma thesis Christian Björk

  6. Danger level 3 - considerable • English: considerable > level 3 • German: erheblich > Stufe 3 • The terms „considerable“ and „erheblich“ are not really intuitive and hard to interpret, especially for beginners Also signify by different feedbacks to the Swiss avalanche warning service as well as in the press

  7. Open questions...discussion • Are there similar difficulties in other languages or for other danger levels? • Is there a need to attend this problem in the working group?

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