Sensitivity of snow avalanche simulations to digital elevation model quality and resolution

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 52, Issue 58, 2011, Pages 72-80

  Bühler, Yves ^a   Christen, Marc ^a   Kowalski, Julia ^a   Bartelt, Perry ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SNOW AVALANCHE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

DAVOS; GRAUBUNDEN; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 80053532162     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756411797252121     Document Type: Article

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