Climatic potential for tourism in the Black Forest, Germany - winter season

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 339-351

  Endler, Christina ^a   Matzarakis, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Black Forest; Climatic tourism potential; Germany; Highlands; REMO; Winter tourism

Indexed keywords

SNOW;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GERMANY; HUMAN; RECREATION; SEASON; STATISTICS; TEMPERATURE; TIME; TRAVEL; TREE;

ALTITUDE; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GERMANY; HUMANS; RECREATION; SEASONS; SNOW; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TRAVEL; TREES;

EID: 79955023483     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-010-0342-0     Document Type: Article

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