Runout analysis of a large rockfall in the Dolomites/Italian Alps using LIDAR derived particle sizes and shapes

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 37, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 1444-1455

  Haas, Florian ^a   Heckmann, Tobias ^a   Wichmann, Volker ^b   Becht, Michael ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF EICHSTÄTT INGOLSTADT   (Germany)

^b AlpS Center for Climate Change Adaptation Technologies   (Austria)

Author keywords

Airborne laserscanning; Alps; LiDAR; Modelling; Rockfall; Terrestrial laserscanning

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE LASER-SCANNING; ALPS; AXIAL RATIO; COMPUTATIONAL TIME; HIGH RESOLUTION; LASER SCANNING DATA; LIDAR DATA; NATURAL HAZARD; PLANE FITTING; POINT CLOUD; POINT DENSITY; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; POWER LAW SCALINGS; PROCESS UNDERSTANDING; ROCKFALLS; TERRESTRIAL LASER SCANNING;

MODELS; OPTICAL RADAR; ROCK BURSTS; SEEBECK EFFECT; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS;

LIDAR; MODELING; PARTICLE SIZE; REMOTE SENSING; ROCKFALL; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

ALPS; DOLOMITES; EASTERN ALPS; ITALY;

EID: 84867097747     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.3295     Document Type: Article

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