A physical SNOWPACK model for the Swiss avalanche warning Part I: Numerical model

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 123-145

  Bartelt, Perry ^a   Lehning, Michael ^a  

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

Author keywords

Avalanche; Finite element model; Heat and mass transfer; Phase change; Snow; Snow deformation

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DIFFUSION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT TRANSFER; ICE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SNOW; VAPORS; WIND;

WEATHER STATIONS;

AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES);

AVALANCHE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; NUMERICAL MODEL; SNOW; SNOWPACK; WARNING SYSTEM;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0036839825     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-232X(02)00074-5     Document Type: Article

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