GPS signal reception under snow cover: A pilot study establishing the potential usefulness of GPS in avalanche search and rescue operations

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 101-104

  Stepanek, Jan ^a   Claypool, David W ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Avalanche rescue; GPS; GPS beacon devices; GPS signal reception under snow cover

Indexed keywords

SNOW;

APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; DISASTER; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MOUNTAINEERING; PILOT STUDY; TELECOMMUNICATION;

ASPHYXIA; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; HUMANS; MOUNTAINEERING; PILOT PROJECTS; RESCUE WORK; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; SNOW;

EID: 0031130602     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/1080-6032(1997)008[0101:GSRUSC]2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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