Automated snow avalanche release area delineation – validation of existing algorithms and proposition of a new object-based approach for large-scale hazard indication mapping

<p>Snow avalanche hazard is threatening people and infrastructure in all alpine regions with seasonal or permanent snow cover around the globe. Coping with this hazard is a big challenge and during the past centuries, different strategies were developed. Today, in Switzerland, experienced a...

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Main Authors: Y. Bühler, D. von Rickenbach, A. Stoffel, S. Margreth, L. Stoffel, M. Christen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2018-12-01
Series:Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:https://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/18/3235/2018/nhess-18-3235-2018.pdf