rain

Rain has a major impact on the building and its envelope.

Tidbits

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Annual rainfall map is of North America by Wood Durability web site

Weather data viewer

"Design conditions were determined for 509 US, 134 Canadian, 339 European, 293 Asian and 169 other worldwide locations for a total of 1444 locations. Thirty-three years of hourly weather data were used for approximately 1/2 of the US and all of the Canadian locations. Twelve years of data were used for the other locations. "




WMO - World Meteorological Organization

"... coordinates global scientific activity to allow increasingly prompt and accurate weather information and other services for public, private and commercial use, including international airline and shipping industries."

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A review of rain control and design strategies, by Straube, J. and Burnett, E.F.P, 1999

climatic relation between rain and wind

An exploratory study of the climatic relationships between rain and wind, by Surry, D., Skerlj, P.F. and Mikitiuk, M.J, 1995

drainage of water

Drainage, ventilation drying and enclosure performance, by Straube, J. F. and Burnett, E. F. P., 1998

driving rain

Driving rain and building facades, by Straube, J. F. and Burnett, E.F.P, 1997

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Influence of facade geometry on weathering, by El-Shimi, M., White, R. and Fazio, P., 1980

rain drop size distribution

Performance of an optical spectro pluviometer in measuring basic rain erosivity characteristics, by Salles, C. and Poesen, J., 1999

driving rain chamber

Protection of wood by design, by Hansen, M.H. and A. Nicolajsen, 1999

rain exposure

Quantitative studies driving rain exposure on a vertical building fa?ade in an urban area, by Zhu, D., 1995

rain control with screened wall

Rain control and screened wall systems, by Straube, J.F. and Burnett, E.F.P, 1997

rain fall distribution

Reacting to durability problems with Vancouver buildings, by Lawton, M. D., 1999

daily precipitation time series

Rehabilitation and analysis of Canadian daily precipitation time series, by Mekis, E. and Hogg, W. D., 1998

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The optical spectropluviometer revisited , by Salles, C., Creutin, J. and Sempere-Torres, D., 1998