A framework for using a present weather observation method to calculate a driving rain wall factor at any location

Building and Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1229-1235

  Rydock, James P ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b Norwegian Building Research Inst   (Norway)

Author keywords

Building enclosure performance; Climate data; Driving rain

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; WEATHER FORECASTING;

BUILDING ENCLOSURE PERFORMANCE; CLIMATE DATA; DRIVING RAIN; WEATHER OBSERVATION DATA;

BUILDINGS;

BUILDINGS; CLIMATOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; RAINFALL; WEATHER FORECASTING; WEATHER STATION;

EID: 33751185346     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2005.11.021     Document Type: Article

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