Simultaneous Measurements of Stability Indices and Characteristic Parameters Describing the Snow Cover and the Weather in Fracture Zones of Avalanches
Abstract Stability indices at different slope aspects and characteristic parameters describing the snow cover and the weather conditions are recorded simultaneously and automatically in potential fracture zones of avalanches during the whole winter season. A remote, solar-powered system including me...
| Published in: | Journal of Glaciology |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
1980
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000010595 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000010595 |
| Summary: | Abstract Stability indices at different slope aspects and characteristic parameters describing the snow cover and the weather conditions are recorded simultaneously and automatically in potential fracture zones of avalanches during the whole winter season. A remote, solar-powered system including measurements of snow depth, mass flux of wind-blown snow and of the snow temperature profile as well as on-line and off-line data processing has been developed and tested. The results show that this type of data-recording and processing system makes quantitative case studies of natural stability variations possible. |
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