Snow and weather climatic control on snow avalanche occurrence fluctuations over 50 yr in the French Alps

Snow avalanche activity is controlled to a large extent by snow and weather patterns. However, its response to climate fluctuations remains poorly documented. Previous studies have focused on direct extraction of trends in avalanche and winter climate data, and this study employs a time-implicit met...

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Main Authors: H. Castebrunet, N. Eckert, G. Giraud
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2012-04-01
Series:Climate of the Past
Online Access:http://www.clim-past.net/8/855/2012/cp-8-855-2012.pdf