A Topography-Informed Morphology Approach for Automatic Identification of Forest Gaps Critical to the Release of Avalanches

A Topography-Informed Morphology Approach for Automatic Identification of Forest Gaps Critical to the Release of Avalanches

Human assets in Alpine regions are prone to gravitational natural hazards such as rock fall, shallow landslides and avalanches. Forests make up a substantial share in that landscape and can mitigate those hazards. Management of avalanche protection forests must cope with avalanches potentially relea...

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Main Authors: Jochen Ruben Breschan, Andreas Gabriel, Monika Frehner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-03-01
Series:Remote Sensing
Subjects:
mathematical morphology
natural hazards
protection forest
LiDAR
watershed algorithm
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/10/3/433

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