Avalanche characteristics of a transitional snow climate-Columbia Mountains, British Columbia, Canada

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 255-276

  Hägeli, Pascal ^a   McClung, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Avalanche activity; Avalanche climate; Persistent weak layers; Snow climate

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

AVALANCHE ACTIVITY;

SNOW;

AVALANCHE; METEOROLOGY; SNOW COVER; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; COLUMBIA MOUNTAINS;

EID: 18144452032     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-232X(03)00069-7     Document Type: Article

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