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Climate controls on snow reliability in French Alps ski resorts. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2019 Ski tourism is a major sector of mountain regions economy, which is under the threat of long-term climate change. Snow management, and in particular grooming and artificial snowmaking, has become a routine component of ski resort operations, holding ...
Spandre P +7 more
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Past changes in natural and managed snow reliability of French Alps ski resorts from 1961 to 2019 [PDF]
The Cryosphere, 2022 Snow reliability is a key climatic impact driver for the ski tourism industry, although there are only a few studies addressing past changes in snow reliability in ski resorts accounting for snow management practices (grooming and snowmaking, in ...
L. Berard-Chenu +4 more
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Revue de Géographie Alpine, 2020 This study presents the evolution of the snow reliability in the 24 alpine ski resorts of the Isère département (Northern French Alps, around Grenoble) over the last decades and its projection into the 21st century, taking into account grooming and ...
Martin Gerbaux +4 more
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Atmosphere, 2016 Many ski resorts worldwide are going through deteriorating snow cover conditions due to anthropogenic warming trends. As the natural and the artificially supported, i.e., technical, snow reliability of ski resorts diminish, the industry approaches a ...
Osman Cenk Demiroglu +3 more
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Reliability and criterion validity of the concept 2 SkiErg™ to assess 1,000-m on-snow, time trial performance—a case study [PDF]
Frontiers in Sports and Active LivingObjectivesThis study investigated the reliability and criterion validity of the Concept 2 SkiErg™ to assess 1,000-m on-snow, time trial performance using the classical double poling technique.MethodsTen athletes (5 males and females) from a National ...
Brendan J. O'Brien +4 more
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Remote Sensing, 2016 Snow in the mountainous watersheds of the Tarim River Basin is the primary source of water for western China. The Snow Cover Daily L3 Global 500-m Grid (MOD10A1) remote sensing dataset has proven extremely valuable for monitoring the changing snow cover ...
Haixing Li, Xingong Li, Pengfeng Xiao
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Building with Snow: Technical Exploration and Practice of Snow Materials and Snow Architecture
BuildingsFocusing on the design and construction of snow structures, this paper explores the properties of snow materials, construction methods, and operation–maintenance strategies, aiming to demonstrate how to integrate architectural functionality, aesthetics ...
Jianfeng Sun +3 more
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Assessing the key concerns in snow storage: a case study for China [PDF]
The CryosphereSnow security plays a crucial role in ensuring the success of winter sports events and supporting the ski industry. One effective approach to enhancing snow reliability is through snow storage.
X. Wang +7 more
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30-years (1991-2021) Snow Water Equivalent Dataset in the Po River District, Italy
Scientific DataThis paper presents a long-term snow water equivalent dataset in the Po River District, Italy, spanning from 1991 to 2021 at daily time step and 500 m spatial resolution partially covering the mountain ranges of Alps and Apennines.
Matteo Dall’Amico +9 more
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Comprehensive assessment of snow leopard distribution and population in the Indian Trans-Himalaya, Ladakh: Standardizing methods for evidence-based conservation. [PDF]
PLoS OneEffective conservation of threatened species depends on accurate scientific assessment of their occurrence and population status. This information is often lacking or has poor scientific reliability for low-density carnivores, such as snow leopards ...
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