Evaluation of a 3-D rockfall module within a forest patch model

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 699-711

  Rammer, W ^a   Brauner, M ^a   Dorren, L K A ^b   Berger, F ^b,c   Lexer, M J ^a  

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

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c Bundesamt fur Umweltschutz   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FOREST DYNAMICS; ROCKFALL; SLOPE FAILURE; STOCHASTICITY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ALPS; AUSTRIA; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 77950996613     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-10-699-2010     Document Type: Article

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