Reconstructing temporal patterns of snow avalanches at Lago del Desierto,southern Patagonian Andes

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 67, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 68-78

  Casteller, Alejandro ^a,b   Villalba, Ricardo ^a   Araneo, Diego ^a   Stöckli, Veronika ^b  

^a INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dendrochronology; ENSO; Nothofagus pumilio; Patagonian Andes; Snow avalanches

Indexed keywords

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; ENSO; NOTHOFAGUS PUMILIO; PATAGONIAN ANDES; SNOW AVALANCHES;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; FORESTRY; NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES);

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DAMAGE MECHANICS; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MAPPING; RECONSTRUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOW AVALANCHE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

BAROMETRIC PRESSURE; FORESTRY; HUMAN FACTORS; METEOROLOGY; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; PATAGONIA; RATING; RINGS; SNOW;

ANDES; ARGENTINA; PATAGONIA;

NOTHOFAGUS PUMILIO;

EID: 79954756894     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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