Articles | Volume 18, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-3235-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-3235-2018
Research article
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10 Dec 2018
Research article |  | 10 Dec 2018

Automated snow avalanche release area delineation – validation of existing algorithms and proposition of a new object-based approach for large-scale hazard indication mapping

Yves Bühler, Daniel von Rickenbach, Andreas Stoffel, Stefan Margreth, Lukas Stoffel, and Marc Christen

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Automated Avalanche Release Area (PRA) Delineation Davos Y. Bühler and D. von Rickenbach https://doi.org/10.16904/envidat.55

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Coping with avalanche hazard has a long tradition in alpine countries. Hazard mapping has proven to be one of the most effective methods. In this paper we develop a new approach to automatically delineate avalanche release areas and connect them to state-of-the-art numerical avalanche simulations. This enables computer-based hazard indication mapping over large areas such as entire countries. This is of particular interest where hazard maps do not yet exist, such as in developing countries.
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