The full-scale avalanche test-site at Lautaret Pass (French Alps)

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 115, Issue , 2015, Pages 30-41

  Thibert, Emmanuel ^a,b   Bellot, Hervé ^a,b   Ravanat, Xavier ^a,b   Ousset, Frédéric ^a,b   Pulfer, Gaëtan ^a,b   Naaim, Mohamed ^a,b   Hagenmuller, Pascal ^a,b   Naaim Bouvet, Florence ^a,b   Faug, Thierry ^a,b,c   Nishimura, Koichi ^d   Ito, Yoichi ^a,b,d   Baroudi, Djebar ^e   Prokop, Alexander ^f   Schön, Peter ^f   Soruco, Alvaro ^g   Vincent, Christian ^b,h   Limam, Ali ⁱ   Heno R ^j  

^a Cemagref   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^f Department of Civil Engineering and Natural Hazards   (Austria)

^g UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRÉS   (Bolivia)

^h CNRS   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^j INSTITUT GÉOGRAPHIQUE NATIONAL   (France)

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Author keywords

Avalanche dynamics; Avalanche science; Avalanche test site; Impact pressure; Instrumentation

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

AVALANCHE DYNAMICS; DIFFERENTIAL ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL DEVICES; HIGH-SPEED POSITIONING; IMPACT PRESSURES; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS; TEST SITE;

DYNAMICS;

AVALANCHE; DEFORMATION; INSTRUMENTATION; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; SNOW COVER;

ALPS; FRANCE;

EID: 84973497301     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2015.03.005     Document Type: Article

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