Inverse problem in avalanche dynamics models

Water Resources Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Ancey, C ^a   Meunier, M ^a   Richard, D ^a  

^a Domaine Universitaire   (France)

Author keywords

Avalanche; Conceptual model; Inverse problem; Tikhonov regularization

Indexed keywords

FRICTION; INVERSE PROBLEMS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SNOW; VISCOSITY; ZONING;

AVALANCHE DYNAMICS;

AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES);

AVALANCHE; EXTREME EVENT; FRICTION; ICE MECHANICS;

EID: 17044453483     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002WR001749     Document Type: Article

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