Instruments and methods granulometric investigations of snow avalanches

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 55, Issue 193, 2009, Pages 829-833

  Bartelt, Perry ^a   McArdell, Brian W ^b  

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

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE; GLACIOLOGY; GRANULOMETRY; INSTRUMENTATION; PARTICLE SIZE; SAMPLING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SNOW;

EID: 75449114669     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214309790152384     Document Type: Article

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