Calculation Method of Maximum Snow Load in Depressions Located on the Territory of Transcarpathian Region According to the Simplified Formulae

Abstract

The snow load in depressions has been actually studied partially according to the basic data of the snow cover in the III climatic zone of the Building Code of Ukraine, later on – according to the observed precipitation at meteorological observing stations, and over the last years – according to the observations at the meteorological observing stations. There have been used in this paper the observation data within the period from 1948 to 2015 with maximum snow cover depths and snow density in the depressions at 9 meteorological observing stations of Transcarpathian region (Ukraine) with the establishment of the simplified formulae of the average snow loads for the depression contour heights. It is enough to have the height of the point above the Baltic sea level to define maximum snow parameters in depressions: snow cover depth, snow density, snow load on the horizontal surface.