Snowmaking in the French Alps [PDF]
Revue de Géographie 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.
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Determination of snowmaking efficiency on a ski slope from observations and modelling of snowmaking events and seasonal snow accumulation [PDF]
The Cryosphere, 2017 The production of Machine Made (MM) snow is now generalized in ski resorts and represents the most common method of adaptation for mitigating the impact of a lack of snow on skiing.
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Modelling investigation of water droplet evaporative freezing in artificial snowmaking [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2019 In this paper, a modelling investigation of water droplet evaporative freezing was conducted in order to better understand the snowmaking process and hence to optimise the design of the artificial snowmaking device.
El Achkar Georges +3 more
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Current Technology Situation and Research Progress of Artificial Snowmaking
Zhileng xuebao, 2021 The principle of snowmaking is simple, however the process is complex and highly dependent on environmental conditions. In recent years, to achieve the goal of "300 million people on ice and snow" and to host the "2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games" China
Liu Guoqiang +6 more
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Snowmaking in Austria: Energy consumption, water turnover, CO2 emissions
Current Issues in Sport ScienceIntroduction & Purpose Winters in Austria have warmed by 1.7 degrees Celsius since pre-industrial times (Olefs et al., 2020). Since 1961, snow cover periods in Austria have shortened by an average of 40 days (Olefs et al., 2020).
Günther Aigner +2 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.
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The deployment of snowmaking in the French ski tourism industry: a path development approach
Current Issues in Tourism, 2022 Many mountainous regions in Europe, including their tourism sectors, show a high degree of economic specialization. The ski tourism industry forms part of the long-standing economic success of the French Alps. Over the past 20 years, snowmaking has become a key feature of ski tourism, but future climate change will decrease its effectiveness as an ...
Berard-Chenu, Lucas +3 more
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Climate response by the ski industry: the shortcomings of snowmaking for Australian resorts. [PDF]
Ambio, 2010 Skier numbers, and revenues for the multi-billion-dollar ski industry, are highly sensitive to snow cover. Previous research projected that under climate change, natural snow cover will become inadequate at 65% of sites in the Australian ski resorts by 2020. Resorts plan to compensate for reduced snowfall through additional snowmaking. For the six main
Pickering CM, Buckley RC.
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Projected changes in frequency of suitable snowmaking conditions for the Australian Alps [PDF]
International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, 2017 Observations have shown a clear increase in maximum and minimum temperature, and a decrease in rainfall and snow for the Australian Alps. Available future snow projections from different projects also demonstrate decreases in snow cover, snow depth and ...
Di Luca, Alejandro ; https://orcid.org/ +2 more
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Automating A Home Snowmaking System Using An AVR Microcontroller
, 2018 Since its invention in the 1950s, snowmaking has been vitally important to the ski industry, lengthening season length, and bringing skiing and snowboarding to areas where it would not previously have been possible. In the past decade and a half, snowmaking system automation has become widespread due to its potential for increased efficiency and ...
William Reid White (22015916)
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