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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-983-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-983-2021
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Mapping avalanches with satellites – evaluation of performance and completeness

Elisabeth D. Hafner, Frank Techel, Silvan Leinss, and Yves Bühler

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Satellites prove to be very valuable for documentation of large-scale avalanche periods. To test reliability and completeness, which has not been satisfactorily verified before, we attempt a full validation of avalanches mapped from two optical sensors and one radar sensor. Our results demonstrate the reliability of high-spatial-resolution optical data for avalanche mapping, the suitability of radar for mapping of larger avalanches and the unsuitability of medium-spatial-resolution optical data.