Probabilistic analysis of recent snow avalanche activity and weather in the French Alps

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 180-192

  Jomelli, Vincent ^a,b   Delval, Cécile ^c   Grancher, Delphine ^c   Escande, Sebastien ^d   Brunstein, Daniel ^c   Hetu, Bernard ^e   Filion, Louise ^e   Pech, Pierre ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

^d Cemagref   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate; French Alps; Occurrence probability; Snow avalanche; Statistic modelling

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

BOOTSTRAP ANALYSES; MEAN AIR TEMPERATURE; SNOW AVALANCHE;

AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES);

AIR TEMPERATURE; AVALANCHE; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SNOW;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33845512781     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2006.08.003     Document Type: Article

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