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Snowmaking and Climate Change [PDF]

open access: yesMountain Research and Development, 2008
Winter tourism is highly sensitive to climate change. The sufficiently studied altitudinally dependent line of natural snow reliability is losing its relevance for skilift operators in Austria, where 59% of the ski area is covered by artificial snowmaking.
Robert Steiger, Marius Mayer
exaly   +2 more sources

Gains from investments in snowmaking facilities

Ecological Economics, 2016
Abstract The process of making snow requires low temperatures as well as vast quantities of water and considerable amounts of energy for the air compression. In this article the effectiveness of investment in snowmaking systems is investigated (equipment, construction works) based on data for 109 French ski resorts covering eight winter seasons (2006/
Martin Falk
exaly   +2 more sources

Is snowmaking climate change maladaptation?

Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 2022
Snowmaking has been an integral part of the multi-billion-dollar ski industry in most regional markets for more than 20 years and is one of the most visible and widespread forms of climate adaptation in the tourism sector. Under accelerating climate change, snowmaking is projected to increase at most destinations - some substantially.
Daniel Scott   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Snowmaking's Slippery Slope: The Rebound Effect of Mountain Reservoirs on Water Demand

2023
Snowmaking is the main adaptation of winter tourism to climate change. It involves the use of large amounts of water, which can lead to conflicts with other human uses and ecosystem needs. The number of reservoirs used to support snowmaking is increasing, as they allow production capacity to be increased, the best cold periods to be selected and ...
Cognard, Jonathan, Berard-Chenu, Lucas
openaire   +3 more sources

Effects of geometric parameters on flow and atomization characteristics of swirl nozzles for artificial snowmaking

International Journal of Refrigeration, 2023
Peiwen Dong   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

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