Abstract: Despite their importance in building design, ground snow load requirements remain largely undefined for the western United States. This paper proposes an adaptation of the Parameter-Elevation Relationships on Independent ...

Abstract: Snow loads in the western United States are largely undefined due to complex geography and climates, leaving the individual states to publish detailed studies for their region, usually through the local Structural Engineers ...

Abstract: As part of an ongoing effort to update the ground snow load maps in the US, this paper presents an investigation into snow densities for the purpose of predicting ground snow loads for structural engineering design with ...

Abstract: Recent amendments to design ground snow load requirements in current US standards have reduced the size of case-study regions by 91% from what they were in previous standards, primarily in western states. This reduction ...