Hazard zoning

On avalanches

Reports and papers on hazard zoning with regard to avalances:

• Estimation of avalanche risk (IMO Rep. VÍ-R99001-ÚR01, authors K. Jónasson

  S. Þ. Sigurðsson and Th. Arnalds) (pdf 0.5 Mb)

• Avalanche hazard zoning in Iceland based on individual risk (Annals of Glaciology, 38, 285−290, 2004, authors Th. Arnalds, K. Jónasson and S. Þ. Sigurðsson) (pdf 0.4 Mb)

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