Articles | Volume 15, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4335-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4335-2021
Research article
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08 Sep 2021
Research article |  | 08 Sep 2021

Elevation-dependent trends in extreme snowfall in the French Alps from 1959 to 2019

Erwan Le Roux, Guillaume Evin, Nicolas Eckert, Juliette Blanchet, and Samuel Morin

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Extreme snowfall can cause major natural hazards (avalanches, winter storms) that can generate casualties and economic damage. In the French Alps, we show that between 1959 and 2019 extreme snowfall mainly decreased below 2000 m of elevation and increased above 2000 m. At 2500 m, we find a contrasting pattern: extreme snowfall decreased in the north, while it increased in the south. This pattern might be related to increasing trends in extreme snowfall observed near the Mediterranean Sea.