%0 Journal Article
%T AVALANCHES - EXTREME WINTER EVENTS. MONITORING AND AVALANCHE RISK
%A NARCISA MILIAN
%A MIHAIELA ST£¿NCESCU
%J Aerul £¿i Apa : Componente ale Mediului
%D 2012
%I Cluj University Press
%X This paper presents the avalanches monitored by the National Meteorological Administration within the nivo-meteorological program since february 2004. Daily observations and weekly snow measurements are made at the weather stations from Bucegi Mountains - Varful Omu (2504 m), Sinaia (1500 m)  i Predeal (1100m) and F g ra  Mountains ¨C Balea-Lac (2055m), to provide data for avalanche risk estimation using the european avalanche danger scale. Increasing winter sport activities had led to several avalanche accidents, some of them fatal.
%K avalanches
%K snow
%K measurements
%K risk
%U http://aerapa.conference.ubbcluj.ro/2012/pdf/30%20Milian%20&%20Stancescu.pdf