Expanding the snow-climate classification with avalanche-relevant information: Initial description of avalanche winter regimes for southwestern Canada

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 53, Issue 181, 2007, Pages 266-276

  Haegeli, Pascal ^a,b   McClung, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE; CLIMATE CLASSIFICATION; SNOW; SNOWPACK; SPATIAL VARIATION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 37549070343     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756507782202801     Document Type: Article

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