Initial Research
Ski and Snow:
Deep: The story of skiing and the future of snow
Book
Deep: The Future of Skiing in America http://www.powder.com/stories/classics/deep/#QJ7gKEts7KOH3wYZ.99
Is climate change ruining skiing in the alps?
http://theconversation.com/is-climate-change-ruining-skiing-in-the-alps-52886
Snow business : a study of the international ski industry
Book at NYU Requested - waiting to pick up
For Winter Sports Industry, Decreasing Snowfall Sends Businesses Downhill
Video on New School Lib
http://search.alexanderstreet.com.libproxy.newschool.edu/view/work/2374350
CU Mountain Research Station
http://geography.colorado.edu/research/lab_facility/cu_mountain_research_station
Mark Williams Prof at CU Boulder
http://geography.colorado.edu/people/faculty_member/williams_mark
Designing For Usability:
Universal Principles of Design. Lidwell, Holden, & Butler
About Face 3: The Essentials of Interaction Design
http://feiramoderna.net/download/pos-positivo/COOPER-Alan/About_Face_3-The_Essentials_of_Interaction_Design.pdf
Technology:
Creating a mobile-first responsive web design
http://www.html5rocks.com/en/mobile/responsivedesign/
Weather API:
Historical Observing Metadata Repository NOAA
https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/homr/api
Weather Undeground History Data WUNDERGDOUND
https://www.wunderground.com/weather/api/d/docs?d=data/history
My Weather 2
This free snow report and weather API Web Service allows developers and programmers to get snow report data (where available) and 6 day forecast information for any single ski resort.
Constraints: This free API is restricted to a maximum of 500 server requests per day. If in any calendar month if 3 days have over 500 requests we will request you upgrade your account to a paid service. Prices start from as little as £30 per month.
http://www.myweather2.com/developer/apis.aspx?uref=f8add9ec-fe95-4001-b822-df8680e49dce
World Weather Online
Constraints: Our free weather API users have a limit of 250 requests per day. 60 Days free trial of premium plan.
https://developer.worldweatheronline.com/api/ski-weather-api.aspx
Weather Unlocked
Constraints: changes according to plan
https://developer.weatherunlocked.com/skiresort