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Snowmaking in the French Alps [PDF]
Revue De Geographie Alpine, 2015 Snowmaking facilities have been commonplace in the French Alps since 1974 and particularly since the 1990s. Now, nearly all resorts are equipped with snowmaking facilities, which guarantee snow for skiers and sufficient revenue for resorts.
Samuel Morin, Hugues François
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Assessing the impact of artificial snowmaking on Dagu Glacier variation: a case study from a tourism glacier [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThe study combines field observations and modeling to assess the impact of artificial snowmaking on the Dagu Glacier Landscape No.17, with a focus on long-term changes in glacier thickness under varying snowmaking durations (5, 10, and 20 years) and ...
Chunhai Xu, Xu Chunhai, Wang Feiteng
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Simulated hydrological effects of grooming and snowmaking in a ski resort on the local water balance [PDF]
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2023 The presence of a ski resort modifies the snow cover at the local scale, due to snow management practices on ski pistes, especially grooming and snowmaking.
S. Morin +9 more
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Pan-European meteorological and snow indicators of climate change impact on ski tourism
Climate Services, 2021 Ski tourism plays a major socio-economic role in the snowy and mountainous areas of Europe such as the Alps, the Pyrenees, Nordic Europe, Eastern Europe, Anatolia, etc.
Samuel Morin +17 more
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Construction of a quantitative model for ski resort water demand and preliminary exploration of drainage irrigation pathways [PDF]
Scientific ReportsIn China, natural snowfall is insufficient, and ski resorts often require artificial snowmaking in winter and turf management in summer, which results in high overall water consumption and considered as one of the high water-consuming service industries,
Jialin Liu +4 more
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Nonlinear effects of climate change on outdoor activities and potential feedback pathways: a systematic review [PDF]
Frontiers in Public HealthIntroductionClimate change is reshaping the suitability, participation conditions, and risk environment of outdoor activities, but the feedback effects of outdoor activities on climate change remain less synthesized.MethodsThis systematic review searched
Yuqi Zhu +5 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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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, 2022 The specificities of mountain tourism areas and regional public policies influence the snowmaking equipment trajectories of ski resorts in the French Alps.
Lucas Bérard-Chenu +3 more
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Revue de Géographie Alpine, 2022 The specificities of mountain tourism areas and regional public policies influence the snowmaking equipment trajectories of ski resorts in the French Alps.
Lucas Bérard-Chenu +3 more
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