Calculating internal avalanche velocities from correlation with error analysis

Surveys in Geophysics

Volumn 24, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 499-524

  McElwaine, J N ^a   Tiefenbacher, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Correlation methods; Granular flows; Opto electronic sensors; Snow avalanches; Velocity profiles

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES); ERROR ANALYSIS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SENSORS; STATISTICAL METHODS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

OPTO-ELECTRONIC SENSORS;

GEOPHYSICS;

AVALANCHE; ERROR ANALYSIS; FLOW VELOCITY; GRANULAR MEDIUM; INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT; SNOW; VELOCITY PROFILE;

EID: 0347972693     PISSN: 01693298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:GEOP.0000006079.89478.04     Document Type: Article

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