BS 7770:1995

Committees responsible
Foreword
Guide
Section 1. General
1.1 Scope
1.2 References
1.3 Definitions
1.4 Abbreviations
Section 2. Preparation and integration of climatic data
2.1 Meteorology and climatology
2.2 Meteorology
2.3 Site location and macro-, meso- and microclimate
2.4 Analysis and presentation of climatic data
Section 3. Building and civil engineering
3.1 Applications of climatic data in the construction
      industry
3.2 Features of building and urban climatology
3.3 Defining and using climatic data for construction
3.4 Calculation of climatic data
3.5 Presentation of climatic data
Annex
A. (informative) Tabular checklists for meteorological
      information requirements in building and civil
      engineering
Tables
1. Characteristics of climatic elements
2. Corrections to GMT to obtain LAT
3. Adjustment (multiplying) factors to apply to mean
      wind speeds measured at 10 m above ground in
      various types of terrain, derived from logarithmic
      wind profiles
4. Conversion factors for irradiance and irradiation
      units
5. Local-scale influences on climatic elements:
      comparisons with an open, level, inland location
6. Climatological series of January rainfall totals
      at Plymouth, in mm
7. Frequency, cumulative frequency and relative
      cumulative frequency table of January rainfall
      totals, in mm, at Plymouth (1951 to 1985)
8. Cumulative distribution of January rainfall totals
      at Plymouth (1951 to 1985)
9. Percentage frequency of occurrence of wind speed
      versus wind direction during December at London
      Heathrow (period 1/12/1984 to 31/12/1993)
10. Occurrence of air temperature at London Heathrow
      (1971 to 1980)
11. Cumulative frequency of air temperatures measured
      at 1200 GMT at Manchester Ringway (1957 to 1981)
12. Distribution of daily global radiation at Cambridge
      (1966 to 1971)
13. Average hourly diffuse radiation at Manchester, in
      W/m squared.h
14. Number of days with air frosts at Hull using
      minimum air temperature 09 to 09 GMT (1959 to 1981)
15. Percentage probability that consecutive days will
      be dry at London Gatwick, taken at 09 to 09 GMT
      (1959 to 1983)
16. Climatic data needs in product manufacture, design,
      construction and use of buildings
17. Climatic data and probability in design
18. Weather file format: NOAA typical meteorological
      year (USA)
19. Weather file format: CIBSE/ETSU example weather
      year
A.1 Meteorological information requirements for town
      planning
A.2 Meteorological information requirements for design
A.3 Meteorological information requirements for
      construction process
A.4 Meteorological information requirements for
      maintenance/running costs
Figures
1. Three scales of climate
2. Frequency distribution of January rainfall totals
      at Plymouth (1951 to 1985)
3. Number of days in February with snow lying at
      Glasgow (1959 to 1980)
4. Typical frequency distributions
5. Wind speed and direction frequency at Cardiff
      airport (1961 to 1970)
6. A typical wind rose based on 10 years' data and
      showing the annual frequencies of winds in various
      categories of speed and direction
List of references

Gives information on the use of climatic data and its collection and preparation.