Monitoring snow avalanches in Northwestern Italian Alps using an infrasound array

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 69, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 177-183

  Ulivieri, G ^a,b   Marchetti, E ^a,b   Ripepe, M ^a   Chiambretti, I ^c   De Rosa, G ^a   Segor, V ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Item Geophysics srl   (Italy)

^c AINEVA   (Italy)

^d Regione Autonoma della Valle d'Aosta   (Italy)

Author keywords

Array; Avalanches; Infrasound; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

APPARENT VELOCITY; ARRAY; BACKGROUND NOISE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA SETS; INFRASONIC SIGNALS; INFRASOUND; LONGER-LASTING SIGNALS; MULTI-CHANNEL; SMALL APERTURE; SNOW AVALANCHE; SNOW COVERS; WEATHER CONDITIONS; WIDE AREA;

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; MONITORING;

AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES);

ARRAY; CORRELATION; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPLOSION; INFRASONICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SNOW AVALANCHE;

ALPS; ITALY;

EID: 84866315423     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2011.09.006     Document Type: Article

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