Potential slab avalanche release area identification from estimated winter terrain: a multi-scale, fuzzy logic approach

Veitinger, Jochen; Purves, Ross Stuart; Sovilla, Betty

doi:10.5194/nhess-16-2211-2016

Articles | Volume 16, issue 10

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-2211-2016

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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-2211-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 16, issue 10

Research article

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07 Oct 2016

Research article |

| 07 Oct 2016

Potential slab avalanche release area identification from estimated winter terrain: a multi-scale, fuzzy logic approach

Jochen Veitinger, Ross Stuart Purves, and Betty Sovilla

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Short summary

Avalanche hazard assessment requires a very precise estimation of the potential starting zone, which nowadays still depends, to a large extent, on expert judgement of avalanches. Therefore, a new algorithm for automated identification of potential avalanche release areas was developed. Potential avalanche release areas can be defined for varying snow accumulation scenarios, improving the automated estimation of release areas, in particular for frequent avalanches.