Deep snow in British Columbia: Survey implications for the National Building Code of Canada

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 169-179

  Taylor, Donald A ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Codes; Deep snow; Density; Design; Loads; Roofs; Snow management; Snow survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242859367     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/l96-090     Document Type: Article

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