Assessing the applicability of terrestrial laser scanning for spatial snow depth measurements

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 155-163

  Prokop, Alexander ^a  

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

Author keywords

Avalanche hazard monitoring; Snow depth; Snow pack; Terrestrial laser scanning

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTICS; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASERS; MEASUREMENTS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SCANNING; SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; STEEL BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

ACCURATE; ANGLE OF INCIDENCES; AVALANCHE HAZARD MONITORING; FIELD CAMPAIGNS; LASER PROFILES; LONG-RANGE; MEASUREMENT CONDITIONS; MEASURING SYSTEMS; PROTECTION MEASURES; RELIABLE; SNOW COVERS; SNOW DEPTH; SNOW DEPTHS; SNOW GRAIN SIZES; SNOW PACK; TERRESTRIAL LASER SCANNING; VORARLBERG; WEATHER CONDITIONS;

AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES);

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AVALANCHE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LASER METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MONITORING SYSTEM; PREDICTION; SNOW COVER; SNOWPACK;

EID: 54349120728     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

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