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https://doi.org/10.5194/asr-18-135-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/asr-18-135-2021
05 Aug 2021
 | 05 Aug 2021

Towards a reproducible snow load map – an example for Austria

Harald Schellander, Michael Winkler, and Tobias Hell

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Each building has to withstand a certain mass of snow. In the Alps, snow load standards are coarse, and inconsistencies at national borders are common. A new methodology to derive a snow load map for Austria is presented. It consists of modeling and spatially interpolating snow loads with modern extreme value statistics. The new approach is much more accurate than the currently used Austrian snow load map and provides a reproducible base for other countries.
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