On the complementariness of infrasound and seismic sensors for monitoring snow avalanches

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2355-2370

  Kogelnig, A ^a   Surinach E ^b   Vilajosana, I ^c   Hubl J ^a   Sovilla, B ^d   Hiller, M ^d   Dufour, F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c WorldSensing   (Spain)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFRASONICS; MONITORING SYSTEM; SEISMIC DATA; SNOW AVALANCHE;

SIONNE VALLEY; SWITZERLAND; VALAIS;

EID: 80052167334     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-11-2355-2011     Document Type: Article

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