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Title:

Predicting Road Hazards Caused by Rain, Freezing Rain and Wet Surfaces and the Role of Weather Radar

Abstract:

Freezing rain in the winter of 1995/96 has drawn attention to the severity of black-ice problems on British roads. Disruption to traffic was considerable on several days. Weather radar provides improved nowcasting, for both winter and summer conditions, where available real time directly to highway engineers, but this is not yet generally the case in England and Wales. New developments from the Meteorological Office offer improved possibilities at reasonable costs.

Source(s):

Meteorological Applications of the Royal Meteorological Society Vol. 4, University of Wales at Swansea (United Kingdom). For an electronic copy of this resource, please direct your request to WeatherFeedback@dot.gov.

Date: 1997

Author:

Symons, Perry

Keywords:


Pavement condition
Remote sensing
Rain

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