Snow avalanche hazard modelling of large areas using shallow water numerical methods and GIS

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1472-1481

  Gruber, U ^a   Bartelt, P ^a  

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

Author keywords

Avalanche hazard assessment; Finite difference modelling; GIS; Large area protection forest assessment; Natural hazards

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HAZARDS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

AVALANCHE HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LARGE AREA PROTECTION FOREST ASSESSMENT; NATURAL HAZARDS;

AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES);

ALTITUDE; AVALANCHE; GIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MITIGATION; MOUNTAIN REGION; NUMERICAL METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHALLOW WATER; SIZE EFFECT; SNOW; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

FORESTRY; GIS; HAZARDS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 34147145430     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2007.01.001     Document Type: Article

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