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Record Nr.

UNINA9910703338103321

Autore

McClung David

Titolo

The avalanche handbook / / David McClung and Peter Schaerer [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Seattle, : Mountaineers, c1993

[Washington] : , : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, , 1976

ISBN

0-585-38688-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (271 p. ) : ill. ;

Collana

Agriculture handbook ; ; 489

Altri autori (Persone)

SchaererP. A (Peter A.)

Disciplina

551.57/848

Soggetti

Avalanches - Handbooks, manuals, etc

Earth & Environmental Sciences

Meteorology & Climatology

Handbooks and manuals.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 264-265) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Effects of avalanches -- Elements of mountain weather -- Snow formation and growth in the atmosphere and snowpack -- Avalanche formation -- Avalanche terrain, motion, and effects -- Avalanche prediction -- Safety measures and rescue -- Avalanche protection -- Appendixes.