GIS for Avalanche Mapping
The deaths of army personnel who were buried under a snow avalanche in Siachen Glacier on February 3, 2016, shocked the nation. Soldiers, trekkers and researchers working on the Himalaya are at constant danger from snow, ice and rock avalanches. Often, these avalanches are triggered by tectonic events like earthquakes (Huggel et al., 2007). The […]
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