Automated detection of snow avalanche deposits: segmentation and classification of optical remote sensing imagery

Snow avalanches in mountainous areas pose a significant threat to infrastructure (roads, railways, energy transmission corridors), personal property (homes) and recreational areas as well as for lives of people living and moving in alpine terrain. The impacts of snow avalanches range from delays and...

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Main Authors: M. J. Lato, R. Frauenfelder, Y. Bühler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2012-09-01
Series:Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/12/2893/2012/nhess-12-2893-2012.pdf