Hierarchical Bayesian modelling for spatial analysis of the number of avalanche occurrences at the scale of the township

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 97-112

  Eckert, N ^a   Parent, E ^b   Belanger L ^a   Garcia, S ^a  

^a Cemagref   (France)

^b AgroParisTech   (France)

Author keywords

Avalanche frequency; Hierarchical Bayesian modelling; Spatial field; Township

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FREQUENCY ESTIMATION; MARKOV PROCESSES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

AVALANCHE FREQUENCY; HIERARCHICAL BAYESIAN MODELLING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL EPIDEMIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES);

AVALANCHE; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; MARKOV CHAIN; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NATURAL HAZARD; PATH ANALYSIS; POISSON RATIO; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; RHONE-ALPES; SAVOIE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34548718792     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2007.01.008     Document Type: Article

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