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Author : Claus, B.R.; Russell, S.O.; and Schaerer, P.
Date : 1984
Title : Variation of ground snow loads with elevation in southern British Columbia.
Publication : Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering
Issue : 11(3):
Page(s) : 480-493
Abstract
Measurements conducted at 20 locations in Southern British Columbia were used to investigate the relationship between design ground snow load and elevation. It was found that the increase in water equivalent with elevation (i.e., the slope of the graph of water equivalent plotted against elevation) could be defined for regions having similar climatic conditions. For a given location, the design ground snow load can therefore be estimated by extrapolating from the water equivalent value at one elevation, where it has been measured to the elevation at the location in question. Plots of the absolute values of water equivalents against elevation for regions of similar climatic conditions gave less satisfactory relationships but they could still be used to estimate approximate values of the design ground snow loads for any particular site.
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