Drifting-snow acoustic detector: experimental tests in La Molina, Spanish Pyrennees

• Main Authors: Naaim Bouvet, F., Font, D., Roussel, M.
• Other Authors: Érosion torrentielle, neige et avalanches (UR ETGR (ETNA)), Centre national du machinisme agricole, du génie rural, des eaux et forêts (CEMAGREF)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 1998
• Subjects: [SDE]Environmental Sciences; Molina; Annals of Glaciology
• Online Access: https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02578228

International audience A new gauge to detect drifting snow has been tested at an experimental site at La Molina, Eastern Spanish Pyrenees during the 1996 winter. Based on an acoustic principle, it consists of a miniature microphone located at the base of an aluminium pole of a variable length (depen...