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Best Practices for Road Weather Management Version 2.0

Title:

Nowcasting Road Conditions: A System Improving Traffic Safety in Wintertime

Abstract:

This paper describes nowcasting (a weather forecast for the period of 2 to 8 hours) and the currently available methods and systems. The paper covers producing road weather predictions, other road weather prediction requirements, evaluation of system accuracy, and the economics of the systems.

Source(s):

State Government of Lower Austria; International Conference Strategic Research Program and Traffic Safety on Two Continents. For an electronic copy of this resource, please direct your request to WeatherFeedback@dot.gov.

Date: NA

Author:

Scharsching

Keywords:


Winter maintenance
Pavement temperature
Pavement condition
Precipitation
Costs

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