Large-scale avalanche braking mound and catching dam experiments with snow: A study of the airborne jet

Surveys in Geophysics

Volumn 24, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 543-554

  Hákonardóttir, Kristin Martha ^a   Hogg, Andrew J ^b   Jóhannesson, Tómas ^a   Kern, Martin ^c   Tiefenbacher, Felix ^c  

^a ICELANDIC METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Avalanches; Braking mounds; Catching dam; High Froude number flow; Jet; Large scale snow experiments; Launch angle; Launch speed

Indexed keywords

AIR; AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES); DAMS; GLASS; JETS; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS;

SUPERCRITICAL FLOW;

GEOPHYSICS;

AVALANCHE; BARRIER (EQUIPMENT); FLOW AROUND OBJECT; FLOW VELOCITY; JET FLOW; SNOW; SUPERCRITICAL FLOW;

EID: 0347900530     PISSN: 01693298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:GEOP.0000006081.76154.ad     Document Type: Article

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