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Best Practices for Road Weather Management Version 2.0

Title:

FHWA-SHRP Snow and Ice Control Showcasing and Implementation

Abstract:

This Participant's Workbook is for use in presenting the Strategic Highway Research Program Snow and Ice Control Showcasing and Implementation workshops. It is based on research reots of the SHRP deaing with winter maintenance, and reports and surves prepared under the showcasing contract updating the status of such research. The workbook is organized into ten sections, including an introductory sections, and corresponds to the sessions of a two-day workshop. The first day was dominted by road weather information systems and anti-icing because of their interrelatedness. The second day emphasized equipment an other operational considerations.

Source(s):

FHWA, FHWA-SA-96-041. For an electronic copy of this resource, please direct your request to WeatherFeedback@dot.gov.

Date: 1996

Author:

FHWA

Keywords:


Ice/Frost
Winter maintenance
Anti-icing/deicing
Road Weather Information System (RWIS)
Forecast/Prediction
Blowing/Drifting snow
Maintenance vehicle

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