SkiSim - A tool to assess the impact of climate change on ski season length and snowmaking

ISSW 09 - International Snow Science Workshop, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 239-243

  Steiger, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Austria; Climate change; Ski tourism; Snowmaking

Indexed keywords

AUSTRIA; CLIMATIC REGIONS; EMISSION SCENARIO; FUTURE CLIMATE; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; SIMULATION MODEL; SKI TOURISM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PROFITABILITY; RECREATIONAL FACILITIES; SNOW MAKING;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 82955174758     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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