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Articles | Volume 18, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-869-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-869-2018
Research article
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19 Mar 2018
Research article |  | 19 Mar 2018

Modeling the influence of snow cover temperature and water content on wet-snow avalanche runout

Cesar Vera Valero, Nander Wever, Marc Christen, and Perry Bartelt

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Bartelt, P. and Buser, O.: Avalanche dynamics by Newton. Reply to comments on avalanche flow models based on the concept of random kinetic energy, J. Glaciol., 64, 165–170, https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2018.1, 2018.
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Bartelt, P. and McArdell, B.: Granulometric investigations of snow avalanches, J. Glaciol., 55, 829–833, 2009.
Bartelt P., Buser, O., and Martin K.:Dissipated work, stability and the internal flow structure of granular snow avalanches, J. Glaciol., 51, 125–138, 2005.
Bartelt P., Buser, O., and Platzer K.:Fluctuation-dissipation relations for granular snow avalanches, J. Glaciol., 52, 631–643, 2006.
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Snow avalanche motion is strongly dependent on the temperature and water content of the snow...
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