Velocity profile inversion in dense avalanche flow

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 51, Issue 54, 2010, Pages 27-31

  Kern, Martin A ^a,b   Bartelt, Perry A ^a   Sovilla, Betty ^a  

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

^b BFW   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; SNOW AVALANCHE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VELOCITY PROFILE;

SIONNE VALLEY; SWITZERLAND; VALAIS;

EID: 77957874332     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756410791386643     Document Type: Article

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