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MARC recordThe avalanche handbook / David M. McClung, Peter A. Schaerer.
| Title: | The avalanche handbook / David M. McClung, Peter A. Schaerer. |
| Author(s): | McClung, David M. Schaerer, Peter A. |
| Date: | 1993. |
| Publisher: | Seattle: The Mountaineers |
| Abstract: | Revised and rewritten edition of handbook, last published in 1976. Intended for outdoor instructors, snow management professionals, and back-country users. Chapters on: avalanche formation, types and characteristics; contributing weather and climate factors; snow formation (growth in atmosphere, types, snowpack properties); avalanche terrain, motion and effects; avalanche prediction (stability evaluation and forecasting); safety and rescue; and preventative and protective measures. |
| Keywords: | 551.578.46 -- Snow cover and snow patches. 551.578.48 -- Avalanches. 551.578.481 -- Avalanches, types. 551.578.482 -- Avalanches. Theory, causes. 551.578.483 -- Avalanches, forecasting. 624.182 -- Avalanche countermeasures. 624.182.3 -- Avalanche defences. 624.144 -- Damage caused by snow and ice. E10 -- Glaciology: snow and avalanches. |
| Location(s): | SCO: SPRI-SHF: 551.578.48 |
| SPRI record no.: | 125887 |
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