Snow loads in a changing climate: new risks?

In January/February 2006, heavy snowfalls in Bavaria (Germany) lead to a series of infrastructural damage of catastrophic nature. Since on many collapsed roofs the total snow load was not exceptional, serious engineering deficiencies in roof construction and a sudden rise in the total snow load were...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: U. Strasser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2008-01-01
Series:Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/8/1/2008/nhess-8-1-2008.pdf