Articles | Volume 15, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-15-109-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-15-109-2015
Research article
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13 Jan 2015
Research article |  | 13 Jan 2015

A new index combining weak layer and slab properties for snow instability prediction

J. Schweizer and B. Reuter

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