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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-23-3337-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-23-3337-2023
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02 Nov 2023
Research article |  | 02 Nov 2023

Rockfall monitoring with a Doppler radar on an active rockslide complex in Brienz/Brinzauls (Switzerland)

Marius Schneider, Nicolas Oestreicher, Thomas Ehrat, and Simon Loew

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Rockfalls and their hazards are typically treated as statistical events based on rockfall catalogs, but only a few complete rockfall inventories are available today. Here, we present new results from a Doppler radar rockfall alarm system, which has operated since 2018 at a high frequency under all illumination and weather conditions at a site where frequent rockfall events threaten a village and road. The new data set is used to investigate rockfall triggers in an active rockslide complex.
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