Avalanche risk assessment - A multi-temporal approach, results from Galtür, Austria

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 637-651

  Keiler, M ^a   Sailer, R ^b   Jorg P ^b   Weber, C ^c   Fuchs, S ^d   Zischg, A ^e   Sauermoser, S ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

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

^c Federal Service for Torrent   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^e Geo Information Management ^*  (Italy)

^f Section Tyrol   (Austria)

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EID: 47849126492     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-6-637-2006     Document Type: Article

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