Ice loads on a lattice tower estimated by weather station data

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 523-529

  Sundin, Eva ^a   Makkonen, Lasse ^b  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLD REGION; ICE LOAD; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0031820336     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1998)037<0523:ILOALT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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