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The Impact Of Precipitation As An Adverse Weather Condition On Transportation Construction In South Dakota, Akosua Ofosua Okyere-Addo
The Impact Of Precipitation As An Adverse Weather Condition On Transportation Construction In South Dakota, Akosua Ofosua Okyere-Addo
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This research assessed the impact of precipitation as an adverse weather condition on the transportation construction in South Dakota. A statistical survey of the data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration was conducted on 554 original stations, which was reduced to 433 stations of them were in South Dakota, then reduced to 170 stations with 30-year data coverage higher than 70 %. Eventually, the data were reduced further for pilot study purposes to a final 10 stations used for analysis in this study. The objective of this study is to examine potential precipitation thresholds towards determination of related adverse …