Estimation of the exposure of buildings to driving rain in Spain from daily wind and rain data

Building and Environment

Volumn 57, Issue , 2012, Pages 259-270

  Pérez Bella, José M ^a   Domínguez Hernández, Javier ^a   Rodríguez Soria, Beatriz ^a   Del Coz Díaz, Juan J ^b   Cano Suñén, Enrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Building design; Driving rain; Rainfall; Spain; Wind speed

Indexed keywords

BUILDING DESIGN; CANARY ISLANDS; CLIMATIC DATA; CO-OCCURRENCE; COASTAL AREA; DESIGN OF BUILDINGS; DRIVING RAIN; EXPOSURE LEVEL; GULF OF CADIZ; SPAIN; SPECIFIC AREAS; WIND SPEED;

COASTAL ZONES; ERRORS; WETTING;

RAIN;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BUILDING; ESTIMATION METHOD; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAINFALL; WIND VELOCITY;

SPAIN;

EID: 84862340022     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2012.05.010     Document Type: Article

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