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Maximum snow depths and snow loads on roofs in Canada

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ConferenceWestern Snow Conference, April 1961
SubjectSnow and Ice loads; roofing
Abstract
The annual maximum depths of snow on the ground at over 200 stations in Canada for the available winters from 1941 to 1959 were tabulated. For each station an extreme value distribution of the form y = -log (-loge P) was fitted to the observed maxim and then used to obtain the maximum snow depth for a 30-year return period. The maximum snow depths were than used to extimate the design snow loads on roofs. The distribution of snow depths and loads are shown on maps of Canada.
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  • Proceedings of the Western Snow Conference (1 December 1961): 6–16.
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  • Research Paper (National Research Council of Canada. Division of Building Research), no. DBR-RP-142.
LanguageEnglish
Peer reviewedNo
NRC numberNRCC 6312
NRC-IRC-3714
NPARC number20377003
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