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design-magnitude avalanche

Scope: climate
Papers: 1 | Mentions: 1

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Knowledge graph centered on design-magnitude avalanche with 11 nodes and 19 connections. Top connected: avalanche dynamics modeling, avalanche runout distance, wind-transported snow, extreme value statistics, Long-term avalanche observation and documentation.

Definition

A statistically-defined avalanche size (typically 100-300 year return period) used for engineering and land-use planning

Related Terms (2)

300-year avalanche300-year return period avalanche

Publications (1)

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Avalanche Size increase resulting from tree removal and wind loading- a case study from central Colorado using Aval-1D

2006central

Related Concepts (4)

avalanche runout distance

measurement1 shared paper

wind-transported snow

process1 shared paper

avalanche dynamics modeling

model type1 shared paper

extreme value statistics

framework1 shared paper