Estimation of building components' exposure to moisture in Greece based on wind, rainfall and other climatic data

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 99, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 91-102

  Giarma, C ^a   Aravantinos, D ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Driving rain; Drying index; Moisture index; Wetting index

Indexed keywords

BUILDING COMPONENTS; DRYING; HYPERBOLIC FUNCTIONS; MOISTURE; WIND;

ANNUAL RAINFALL; CLIMATIC DATA; DAILY DATUM; DRIVING RAIN; MOISTURE INDEX; NORTHERN GREECE; THESSALONIKI; WETTING INDEX;

RAIN;

EID: 79951674731     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2010.12.001     Document Type: Article

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