Automated identification of potential snow avalanche release areas based on digital elevation models

The identification of snow avalanche release areas is a very difficult task. The release mechanism of snow avalanches depends on many different terrain, meteorological, snowpack and triggering parameters and their interactions, which are very difficult to assess. In many alpine regions such as the I...

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Published in:Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Main Authors: Y. Bühler, S. Kumar, J. Veitinger, M. Christen, A. Stoffel, Snehmani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2013-05-01
Online Access:http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/13/1321/2013/nhess-13-1321-2013.pdf