On full-scale avalanche measurements at the Ryggfonn test site, Norway

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-53

  Gauer, Peter ^a,b   Issler, Dieter ^a,b   Lied, Karstein ^a   Kristensen, Krister ^a   Iwe, Harald ^a,b   Lied, Erik ^a   Rammer, Lambert ^c   Schreiber, Helmut ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b NGI   (Norway)

^c FEDERAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE FOR FORESTS   (Austria)

^d GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Avalanche; Density estimates; Full scale measurements; Impact pressure; Shear stress; Velocity

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DOPPLER RADAR; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SHEAR STRESS; SLOPE STABILITY; VELOCITY;

AVALANCHE MEASUREMENT; FULL-SCALE MEASUREMENT; IMPACT PRESSURE;

AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES);

AVALANCHE; CORRELATION; DOPPLER RADAR; PRESSURE; SHEAR STRESS; WINTER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; RYGGFONN; SCANDINAVIA; SOGN OG FJORDANE;

EID: 34248595643     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2006.09.010     Document Type: Article

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