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Revue De Geographie 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 ...
Emmanuelle George +2 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 ...
Tugba ÖZTÜRK +2 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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Economics of Snow Accumulation on Photovoltaic Modules
EnergiesThe growth in photovoltaic (PV) module installations over the past decade has prompted a critical need to examine the economic implications of snow accumulation on solar energy production.
Abdel Hakim Abou Yassine +1 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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Contribution to the snow protection solutions for pitched roofs [PDF]
MATEC Web of Conferences, 2017 This paper presents results of research conducted as part of doctoral dissertation. It deals with pitched roofs defects and failures caused by insufficient snow protection.
Oláh Jozef, Šida Michal
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Impact of dynamic snow density on GlobSnow snow water equivalent retrieval accuracy [PDF]
The Cryosphere, 2021 Snow water equivalent (SWE) is an important variable in describing global seasonal snow cover. Traditionally, SWE has been measured manually at snow transects or using observations from weather stations.
P. Venäläinen +5 more
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Winter tourism under climate change in the Pyrenees and the French Alps: relevance of snowmaking as a technical adaptation [PDF]
The Cryosphere, 2019 Climate change is increasingly regarded as a threat for winter tourism due to the combined effect of decreasing natural snow amounts and decreasing suitable periods for snowmaking.
P. Spandre +9 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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