Regional snow depth frequency curves for avalanche hazard mapping in central Italian Alps

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 204-221

  Bocchiola, Daniele ^a   Medagliani, Michele ^a   Rosso, Renzo ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Avalanche hazard mapping; Extreme values distributions; Regionalization; Snow depth

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; HAZARDS; MAPPING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

AVALANCHE HAZARD MAPPING; SNOW DEPTH; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

SNOWFALL MEASUREMENT;

AVALANCHE; DATA SET; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; ICE THICKNESS; MAPPING; REGIONALIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOW COVER; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LOMBARDY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33750962139     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2006.07.004     Document Type: Article

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