Physically-based modelling of granular flows with Open Source GIS
Computer models, in combination with Geographic Information Sciences (GIS), play an important role in up-to-date studies of travel distance, impact area, velocity or energy of granular flows (e.g. snow or rock avalanches, flows of debris or mud). Simple empirical-statistical relationships or mass po...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2012-01-01
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Series: | Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences |
Online Access: | http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/12/187/2012/nhess-12-187-2012.pdf |