On snow entrainment in avalanche dynamics calculations

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 69-79

  Sovilla, Betty ^a   Margreth, Stefan ^a   Bartelt, Perry ^a  

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

Author keywords

Avalanche dynamics; Avalanche mass balance; Entrainment; Numerical modelling

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES); COMPUTER SIMULATION; EROSION; FLOW OF SOLIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

AVALANCHE DYNAMICS; AVALANCHE MASS BALANCE; SNOW ENTRAINMENT;

SNOW;

AVALANCHE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; ENTRAINMENT; ICE FLOW; ICE MECHANICS; MASS BALANCE; MASS TRANSPORT; NUMERICAL METHOD; SNOW COVER;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 33845416169     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2006.08.012     Document Type: Article

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