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Title:

A Basic Study of Short Term Forecasting Methods of Snowfall and Road Surface Temperature Using Intelligent Visibility Meter

Abstract:

In this research, we aimed to examine the possibility of very short term (to 3 hours later) forecasting of snowfall and road surface temperature by using the observation data of the Intelligent Visibility Meter which has functions to calculate precipitation type and intensity. As a result, we cleared that forecasting precision can be improved by our newly developed method.

Source(s):

11th Standing International Road WEather Conference (SIRWEC); Toho Gijutu Co., Yokogawa Denshikiki Co., Yokogawa Denshikiki Co., and Akita National College of Technology

http://www.sirwec.org/Papers/sapporo/8.pdf

Date: 2002

Author:

Numata, Okamoto, Tashiro, Ito

Keywords:


Snow
Pavement temperature
Visibility
Precipitation

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