Operational use of a snowpack model for the avalanche warning service in Switzerland: model development and first experiences

Publikasjon - Norges Geotekniske Institutt

Volumn , Issue 203, 1998, Pages 169-174

  Lehning, Michael ^a   Bartelt, Perry ^a   Brown, Bob ^a,b  

^a WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF   (Switzerland)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE WARNING SERVICE; SNOWPACK MODEL;

DISASTER PREVENTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES);

AVALANCHE; MODEL; WARNING SYSTEM;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0032411279     PISSN: 00781193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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