Best Practices for Road Weather Management Version 2.0
Title:
Measurements and Simulations of Spatial Road Surface Temperatures in Flüela Valley, Switzerland
Abstract:
The most important influences on local road surface temperatures are investigated. Measurements with a mobile radiation balance station and simulations with the model system Alpine3D have been carried out. Two factors were investigated in detail. These are the road albedo values depending on the surface condition and different horizontal resolutions for the simulations. We found differences in summer road surface temperatures that can not be neglected. We expect these differences to be even higher during winter time.
Source(s):
13th Standing International Road WEather Conference (SIRWEC); Swiss Federal Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research, and University of Zurich (Switzerland)
http://www.sirwec.org/Papers/torino/1.pdf
Date: 2006
Author:
Helbib, Flury, Lehning
Keywords:
Mobile sensing
Pavement condition
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