R. Metzger

TL;DR: A short history of the appraisal of laser scanner technologies in geosciences used for imaging relief by high-resolution digital elevation models (HRDEMs) or 3D models is presented in this paper.

TL;DR: In this article, the affine transformation matrix between two TLS acquisitions precisely describes the rockslide displacements and enables their separation into translational components, such as the displacement velocity and direction, and rotational components like toppling.

TL;DR: The COLTOP-3D software as mentioned in this paper performs structural analysis of a topography using a digital elevation model (DEM) and a color is defined based on slope aspect and slope angle in order to obtain a unique color code for each spatial orientation.

TL;DR: In this paper, an adaptation technique based on the synoptic atmospheric circulation to forecast local precipitation, namely the analogue method, has been implemented for the western Swiss Alps, where relevance maps were established for the geopotential height data.

TL;DR: In this article, the structural control of erosion of two small alpine catchments of distinctive rock types is evaluated by comparing the correspondences between the orientations of their gullies and rock couloirs with the sliding orientation of potential slope failures mechanisms, and the orientation of the maximum joint frequency, this latter being considered as the direction exploited primarily by erosion and mass wasting processes.