Effects of Past and Future Climate Change on Ski Areas

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Title	Effects of Past and Future Climate Change on Ski Areas
Publication Type	Conference Proceedings
Year of Conference	2007
Authors	Mote, P. W., Casson J., Hamlet A. F., and Reading D.
Conference Name	75th Annual Western Snow Conference
Series Title	Proceedings of the 75th Annual Western Snow Conference
Date Published	April 2007
Publisher	Western Snow Conference
Conference Location	Kailua-Kona, HI
Keywords	Snow course, ski areas, temperature, snow depth, climate change
Abstract	We examine USDA snow course data for ski areas during the ski season to determine the degree to which midwinter snow is statistically sensitive to temperature. For most of the 16 Northwest ski areas analyzed here, a reasonably strong negative partial correlation of mid-season snow depth with antecedent temperature indicates that further warming will have an impact on the quantity of snow. The effects of these physical changes on the profitability of a given ski area will depend in part on the adaptive capacity of the ski area.
URL	sites/westernsnowconference.org/PDFs/2007Mote.pdf

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