Ensemble forecasting of snowpack conditions and avalanche hazard

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 120, Issue , 2015, Pages 251-262

  Vernay, Matthieu ^a,b   Lafaysse, Matthieu ^a   Mérindol, Laurent ^a   Giraud, Gérald ^a   Morin, Samuel ^a  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

Avalanche hazard; Dispersion; Ensemble forecasting; Predictability; Probabilistic forecast; Snow cover

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; DISPERSION (WAVES); HAZARDS; NUMERICAL MODELS; SNOW; FORECASTING;

ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTS; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION MODELS; PREDICTABILITY; PROBABILISTIC ESTIMATES; PROBABILISTIC FORECASTS; SNOW COVERS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; SNOW AVALANCHE; SNOW COVER; SNOWPACK;

ALPS; FRANCE; PYRENEES;

CROCUS;

EID: 84951287971     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2015.04.010     Document Type: Article

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