Automatic validation of Sentinel-1 borne snow avalanche detections

• Main Author: Pedersen, Jarle Langseth
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: UiT The Arctic University of Norway 2020
• Subjects: VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Fysikk: 430; VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Physics: 430; EOM-3901; Norway; The Sentinel; Tromsø; Northern Norway
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/18985

Snow avalanches threaten human lives, settlements and roads in snow covered mountainous areas. For avalanche forecasting, knowledge of the spatio-temporal occurrence of avalanche activity is critical. Automatic avalanche detection algorithms have been developed to enable consistent avalanche activit...