Snow mass quantification and avalanche victim search by ground penetrating radar

Surveys in Geophysics

Volumn 24, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 431-445

  Jaedicke, Christian ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ground penetrating radar; Search and rescue; Snow avalanches; Snow distribution

Indexed keywords

GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; ICE; SNOW; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

SNOW MASS;

GEOPHYSICS;

DETECTION METHOD; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; ICE MECHANICS; INSTRUMENTATION; REMOTE SENSING; SNOW COVER;

EID: 0347270207     PISSN: 01693298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:GEOP.0000006075.80413.69     Document Type: Article

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