On pulsed Doppler radar measurements of avalanches and their implication to avalanche dynamics

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 55-71

  Gauer, Peter ^a,b   Kern, Martin ^c   Kristensen, Krister ^a   Lied, Karstein ^a   Rammer, Lambert ^d   Schreiber, Helmut ^e  

^a NORWEGIAN GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b NGI   (Norway)

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

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

^e GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Avalanche; Full scale measurements; Pulsed Doppler radar; Velocity

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; DECELERATION; DOPPLER EFFECT; DOPPLER RADAR; FLOW VELOCITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION;

AVALANCHE DYNAMICS; PULSED DOPPLER RADAR;

AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES);

ACCELERATION; AVALANCHE; DOPPLER RADAR; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; VELOCITY;

EID: 34548686316     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2007.03.009     Document Type: Article

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