Document Type

Report

Publisher

Utah State University

Publication Date

11-6-2025

First Page

1

Last Page

77

Abstract

This report presents a framework for estimating Reliability Targeted Snow Loads (RTSLs) and Winter Wind Parameters (WWPs) at locations outside the Conterminous United States (OCONUS). The methodology integrates ground-based in-situmeasurements with gridded global climate products to generate spatially continuous RTSL estimates for nearly any location in OCONUS. RTSLs are computed at qualifying in-situ stations, and predictive models relating gridded climate products to in-situRTSLs enable estimation at locations lacking direct measurements. This report describes the development of the in-situ annual maximum snow load database, the construction of global gridded climate summaries, the estimation of site-specific RTSLs and Service Targeted Snow Loads (STSLs), and the creation of global prediction maps. All key datasets and processing tools are publicly accessible, supporting transparency, reproducibility, and future methodological extensions.

Comments

This report explains the methodology associated with two data releases already on digital commons, namely:

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