A new method for the estimation of avalanche distance exceeded probabilities

Surveys in Geophysics

Volumn 24, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 587-601

  Barbolini, Massimiliano ^a   Cappabianca, Federica ^a   Savi, Fabrizio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Avalanche; Dynamic model; Hazard mapping; Model calibration; Probabilities

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES); DATA REDUCTION; ESTIMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; SNOW;

AVALANCHE HAZARDS;

GEOPHYSICS;

AVALANCHE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; ICE MECHANICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 0346640339     PISSN: 01693298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:GEOP.0000006084.45248.22     Document Type: Article

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