Decrease in traffic volume M depending on the heavy snow circumstance is an index of snow disaster at Hokuriku, and is discussed analytically as follows : firstly a factor F
w, depending on the day of week and independent of the snow circumstance, is introduced and M is modified into M
* without this effect. Secondly three factors depending on snow are intoroduced, that is, K
h in term of daily snow fall, K
H of snowcover depth and K
D of effect by countermeasure. For example, the empirical expression is given, using a constant M
o, by
M=M
oF
wK
hK
HK
, K
h=1/(1+(h/X
h)m
h)
and so on. The result decreases the relative deviation into 9.5% of Mo from 20.3% for M, and the effects of different factors are found that K
h>K
DK
H.
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