Winter tourism under climate change in the Pyrenees and the French Alps: relevance of snowmaking as a technical adaptation

Spandre, Pierre; François, Hugues; Verfaillie, Deborah; Pons, Marc; Vernay, Matthieu; Lafaysse, Matthieu; George, Emmanuelle; Morin, Samuel

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-1325-2019

Articles | Volume 13, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-1325-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-1325-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 4

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24 Apr 2019

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Winter tourism under climate change in the Pyrenees and the French Alps: relevance of snowmaking as a technical adaptation

Pierre Spandre, Hugues François, Deborah Verfaillie, Marc Pons, Matthieu Vernay, Matthieu Lafaysse, Emmanuelle George, and Samuel Morin

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RC1: 'Fresh article', Cenk Demiroglu, 16 Jan 2019
- AC1: 'Reply to RC1', Samuel Morin, 17 Mar 2019
RC2: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 17 Jan 2019
- AC2: 'Reply to RC2', Samuel Morin, 17 Mar 2019
RC3: 'Interesting paper, minor revisions required', Robert Steiger, 22 Feb 2019
- AC3: 'Reply to RC3', Samuel Morin, 17 Mar 2019

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AR by Samuel Morin on behalf of the Authors (19 Mar 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (02 Apr 2019) by Jürg Schweizer

AR by Samuel Morin on behalf of the Authors (03 Apr 2019) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

This study investigates the snow reliability of 175 ski resorts in the Pyrenees (France, Spain and Andorra) and the French Alps under past and future conditions (1950–2100) using state-of-the-art climate projections and snowpack modelling accounting for snow management, i.e. grooming and snowmaking. The snow reliability of ski resorts shows strong elevation and regional differences, and our study quantifies changes in snow reliability induced by snowmaking under various climate scenarios.