Observations and analysis of two wet-snow avalanche cycles

ISSW 09 - International Snow Science Workshop, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 262-266

  Mitterer, Christoph ^a   Mott, Rebecca ^a   Schweizer, Jürg ^a  

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

Author keywords

Avalanche release; Liquid water content; Snow avalanche; Wet snow

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; COMMUNICATION LINES; IN-SITU; LIQUID WATER; LIQUID WATER CONTENT; LOCAL AUTHORITIES; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; SHORT PERIODS; SLOPE ANGLES; SNOW AVALANCHE; SNOW COVERS; SNOW STRATIGRAPHY; SWITZERLAND; WATER INFILTRATION; WET SNOW;

LIQUIDS; METEOROLOGY; RAIN; SEEPAGE; STRATIGRAPHY;

AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES);

EID: 79960521432     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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