Recalculation of an artificially released avalanche with SAMOS and validation with measurements from a pulsed Doppler radar

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 211-216

  Sailer, R ^a   Rammer, L ^a   Sampl, P ^b  

^a BFW   (Austria)

^b AVL LIST GMBH   (Austria)

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EID: 15444362829     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-2-211-2002     Document Type: Article

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