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Title:

The Next Step in the RWIS Evolution: The Virtual Station

Abstract:

This paper discuss the evolution of RWIS and thermal mapping, as well as a new technique called the virtual station. The chief component of each virtual station is a program that accesses the measurement data of adjacent weather stations and contains or accesses parameters specific to the site of the respective measuring station.

Source(s):

10th Standing International Road WEather Conference (SIRWEC); Boschung Mecatronic AG (Switzerland)

http://www.sirwec.org/Papers/davos/23.pdf

Date: 2000

Author:

Boschung, Jr.

Keywords:


Road Weather Information System (RWIS)
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