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Fatal Avalanche Accidents and Forecasted Danger Levels: Patterns in the United States, Canada, Switzerland and France

@inproceedings{Greene2006FatalAA,
  title={Fatal Avalanche Accidents and Forecasted Danger Levels: Patterns in the United States, Canada, Switzerland and France},
  author={E. Greene and T. Wiesinger and K. Birkeland and C. Coleou and A. Jones and Grant Statham},
  year={2006}
}

E. Greene, T. Wiesinger, +3 authors Grant Statham

Published 2006

Geography

Throughout the winter, avalanche forecasters issue bulletins to help the public and the managers of public facilities make avalanche safety decisions. These bulletins typically describe important snowpack features and current weather events before rating the avalanche danger on a scale of one through five. Although the character of avalanche conditions may vary between regions, the physical processes that form avalanches are universal. In addition, the methods used to forecast avalanche… CONTINUE READING

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