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Title:

The influence of weather on fatal accidents in Austrian mountains

Document type:
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Author(s):
Neumair, Matthias; Estrella, Nicole; Menzel, Annette; Ankerst, Donna
Abstract:
Projections of warmer global temperatures in fast approaching time horizons warrant planning strategies for reducing impacts on human morbidity and mortality. This study sought to determine whether increases in temperature and other changes in weather indices impacted rates of fatal accidents occurring in the popular mountainous regions of Austria with the purpose of improving mountain prevention and accident mitigation strategies. The study was based on the merging of 3285 fatal outdoor acciden...     »
Journal title:
Weather, Climate, and Society
Year:
2021
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.1175/wcas-d-21-0082.1
Publisher:
American Meteorological Society
E-ISSN:
1948-83271948-8335
Date of publication:
20.12.2021
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