Seismic sensor array for monitoring an avalanche start zone: Design, deployment and preliminary results

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 57, Issue 202, 2011, Pages 267-276

  Van Herwijnen, Alec ^a   Schweizer, Jürg ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC ARRAY; ARRAY; DETECTION METHOD; GEOPHONE; MONITORING SYSTEM; PREDICTION; SEISMIC DATA; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SNOW AVALANCHE; SNOWPACK;

EID: 79960518934     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214311796405933     Document Type: Article

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