Comparative study of technical measures to reduce snow and ice ablation in Alpine glacier ski resorts

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 371-384

  Olefs, M ^a,b   Fischer, A ^b  

^a alpS Zentrum fur Naturgefahren Management   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ablation control; Glacier; Glacier covers; Ice engineering; Snow engineering; Snow farming

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; COMPACTION; GEOTEXTILES; GLACIERS; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS;

GLACIER COVERS; MASS BALANCE; SNOW FARMING;

SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL;

ABLATION; COMPACTION; GLACIER; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; SNOW;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; STUBAI; TYROL;

EID: 41449113220     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2007.04.021     Document Type: Article

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