Back calculation of the In den Arelen avalanche with RAMMS: Interpretation of model results

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 51, Issue 54, 2010, Pages 161-168

  Christen, Marc ^a   Bartelt, Perry ^a   Kowalski, Julia ^a  

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

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DATA INTERPRETATION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GLACIOLOGY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL TEST; NUMERICAL MODEL; SNOW AVALANCHE; TERRAIN; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 77953917431     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756410791386553     Document Type: Article

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