THEORY AND PRACTICE OF INDIVIDUAL SNOW AVALANCHE RISK ASSESSMENT IN THE RUSSIAN ARCTIC
https://doi.org/10.24057/2071-9388-2012-5-3-64-81
Abstract
About the Authors
Aleksandr ShnyparkovRussian Federation
Head of the Laboratory of snow avalanches and debris flows, Faculty of Geography, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia; Leninskie gory 1, 119991
Sven Fuchs
Austria
Institute of Mountain Risk Engineering, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria; Peter-Jordan-Strasse 82, A–1190
Sergey Sokratov
Russian Federation
Senior research scientist, Laboratory of snow avalanches and debris flows, Faculty of Geography, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia; Leninskie gory 1, 119991
Peter Koltermann
Russian Federation
Head of the Laboratory of Natural Risk Assessment, Faculty of Geography, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia; Leninskie gory 1, 119991
Yury Seliverstov
Russian Federation
Research scientist, Laboratory of snow avalanches and debris flows, Faculty of Geography, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia; Leninskie gory 1, 119991
Marina Vikulina
Russian Federation
Research scientist, Khibiny educational and scientific base, Faculty of Geography, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Kirovsk, Russia; Zheleznodorozhnaya 10, 184250
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Shnyparkov A., Fuchs S., Sokratov S., Koltermann P., Seliverstov Yu., Vikulina M. THEORY AND PRACTICE OF INDIVIDUAL SNOW AVALANCHE RISK ASSESSMENT IN THE RUSSIAN ARCTIC. GEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY. 2012;5(3):64-81. https://doi.org/10.24057/2071-9388-2012-5-3-64-81