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What weather variables are important for wet and slab avalanches under a changing climate in a low-altitude mountain range in Czechia?
Markéta Součková
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Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 00 Prague – Suchdol, Czechia
Department of Hydrology, T. G. Masaryk Water Research Institute, Podbabská 2582/30, 160 00 Prague 6, Czechia
Roman Juras
Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 00 Prague – Suchdol, Czechia
Kryštof Dytrt
Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 00 Prague – Suchdol, Czechia
Vojtěch Moravec
Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 00 Prague – Suchdol, Czechia
Department of Hydrology, T. G. Masaryk Water Research Institute, Podbabská 2582/30, 160 00 Prague 6, Czechia
Johanna Ruth Blöcher
Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 00 Prague – Suchdol, Czechia
Martin Hanel
Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 00 Prague – Suchdol, Czechia
Department of Hydrology, T. G. Masaryk Water Research Institute, Podbabská 2582/30, 160 00 Prague 6, Czechia
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Avalanches are natural hazards that threaten people and infrastructure. With climate change, avalanche activity is changing. We analysed the change in frequency and size of avalanches in the Krkonoše Mountains, Czechia, and detected important variables with machine learning tools from 1979–2020. Wet avalanches in February and March have increased, and slab avalanches have decreased and become smaller. The identified variables and their threshold levels may help in avalanche decision-making.
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