Snow-avalanche hazards in glacier national park, Montana : meteorologic and climatologic aspects

Auteur :
BUTLER, D. R.

Description :
Recent research has established strong correlations between meteorologic data, snowpack stratigraphy, and snow avalanche occurrence. Based on several years of data collection on weather conditions and avalanche activity in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado, discriminant analysis was applied to identify the variables which distinguished between avalanche and non avalanche days. Forecasts of avalanche-day occurrence or nonoccurrence were over 80 % accurate.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Physical geography, 1986, vol. 7, n°. 1, p. 72-87, Références bibliographiques : 45 réf.

Date :
1986