Avalanche Cartography: Visualization of Dynamic-Temporal Phenomena in a Mountainous Environment

• Published in: Cartographica Vol. 38; no. 1-2; pp. 77 - 87
• Main Author: KRIZ, KAREL
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: University of Toronto Press 2001
• Subjects: Avalanches; Cartography; Catchment areas; Hydrography; Mapping; Technology; Topographic mapping

Avalanches represent a very short, local, dynamic event in snow-covered mountainous regions. They are not easy to predict and often can produce devastating results. Avalanche cartography deals with the causes and consequences of such incidents and attempts to depict them in a variety of ways. The mo...