Articles | Volume 14, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-14-901-2010
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-14-901-2010
04 Jun 2010
 | 04 Jun 2010

Assessing the application of a laser rangefinder for determining snow depth in inaccessible alpine terrain

J. L. Hood and M. Hayashi

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