ABSTRACT. We present an analysis of temporal trends inThe snow-depth and temperature control on these patterns seems significant (R = 0.4-0.6), but is stronger at high frequencies for occurrences, and at lower frequencies for runout altitudes. Occurrences between the northern and southern French Alps are partially coupled (R $ $ 0.4, higher at low frequencies). In the north, the main change-point was an earlier shift in $ $1977, and winter snow depth seems to be the main control parameter. In the south, the main change-point occurred later, $ $1979-84, was more gradual, and trends are more strongly correlated with winter temperature.
We address the question of introducing expert knowledge in a hierarchical Bayesian spatiotemporal model. Specifically, we combine avalanche count data and an expert prior judgement about avalanche climatology to cluster French Alpine townships into two coherent groups. A spatial regression defines the a priori probability of belonging to each group and an innovative method is proposed to elicit its parameters by working with an expert on replicates of simulated maps. As a benefit of the extra data knowledge, we show the existence of robust north-south clusters of decreasing-increasing avalanche activity resulting from the interaction of local climate change patterns with altitude distribution. Spatial dependence of avalanche activity has also been inferred and is characterized by an anisotropy, with longer dependence along the north-west-south-east axis
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