AVALANCHES - EXTREME WINTER EVENTS. MONITORING AND AVALANCHE RISK
NARCISA MILIAN, MIHAIELA STĂNCESCU
ABSTRACT. 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 - Vârful Omu (2504 m), Sinaia (1500 m) şi Predeal (1100m) and Făgăraş Mountains – Bâlea-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.
Keywords: avalanches, snow, measurements, risk