Regional evaluation of three day snow depth for avalanche hazard mapping in Switzerland

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 685-705

  Bocchiola, D ^a   Janetti, E Bianchi ^a   Gorni, E ^a   Marty, C ^b   Sovilla, B ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; AVALANCHE; ESTIMATION METHOD; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HOMOGENEITY; MAPPING METHOD; SNOW COVER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 47849114759     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-8-685-2008     Document Type: Article

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