Effects of Past and Future Climate Change on Ski Areas
Submitted by Armida on Fri, 02/15/2013 - 09:57
| 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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