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Best Practices for Road Weather Management Version 2.0

Title:

Clarus: America's 21st Century Surface Transportation Weather Observing and Forecasting System (Flyer)

Abstract:

This flyer describes the status of the U.S. DOT Clarus Initiative in 2004. The initiative aimed to develop and demonstrate an integrated surface transportation weather observing, forecasting and data management system, and to establish a partnership to create a Nationwide Surface Transportation Weather Observing and Forecasting System. The objective of Clarus is to provide information to all transportation managers and users to alleviate the affects of adverse weather (e.g., fatalities, injuries and delay). The flyer describes the surface transportation weather problem and the potential benefits of Clarus. The flyer also includes an initiative road map, discusses key milestones, and describes the Clarus Initiative Coordinating Committee, which serves as an interdisciplinary source of expertise and guidance.

Source(s):

U.S. DOT, Federal Highway Administration, Publication No. FHWA-HOP-04-037

http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/weather/resources/publications/fhwa/clarusflyer2004.pdf

Date: 2004

Author:

FHWA

Keywords:


Road Weather Information System (RWIS)
Observing network
Institutional issues

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