Using tree-ring signals and numerical model to identify the snow avalanche tracks in Kastamonu, Turkey

Natural Hazards

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 435-449

  Köse, Nesibe ^a   Aydin, Abdurrahim ^b   Akkemik, Ünal ^a   Yurtseven, Hüseyin ^a   Güner, Tuncay ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b The Western Black Sea Forestry Research Institute   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Abies bornmuelleriana; Dendrochronology; Kastamonu; Snow avalanche; Tree rings; Turkey

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAMAGE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; FLOW VELOCITY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; NATURAL HAZARD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECISION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SNOW; SOFTWARE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREE RING;

KASTAMONU [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

ABIES; ABIES BORNMUELLERIANA;

EID: 77955770385     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-009-9477-x     Document Type: Article

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