Verification of nearest-neighbours interpretations in avalanche forecasting

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 38, Issue , 2004, Pages 84-88

  Heierli, Joachim ^a   Purves, Ross S ^b   Felber, Andreas ^a   Kowalski, Julia ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE; FORECASTING METHOD; NATURAL HAZARD; NEAREST NEIGHBOR ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 15444363633     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756404781815095     Document Type: Article

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