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Road Weather Information System
Environmental Sensor Station
Siting Guidelines
April 2005


Appendix B - References

I- Metadata References:

Federal Geographic Data Committee, Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata, FGDC-STD-001-1998.
http://www.fgdc.gov/standards/documents/standards/metadata/v2_0698.pdf

Federal Geographic Data Committee, Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata Workbook, Version 2.0, May 1, 2000.
http://www.fgdc.gov/publications/documents/metadata/workbook_0501_bmk.pdf

Hart, D. and H. Phillips, Metadata Primer—A "How To" Guide on Metadata Implementation, University of Wisconsin website.
http://www.lic.wisc.edu/metadata/metaprim.htm

Leroy, M. Meteorological Measurement Representativity, Nearby Obstacles Influence, 10th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation, American Meteorological Society, January 11-16, 1998.

US Department of Commerce, National Climatic Data Center, Data Documentation for Data Set 9767B, Master Station History Report, December 31, 2002.
http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/documentlibrary/tddoc/td9767b.pdf

US Department of Commerce, National Climatic Data Center, United States Climate Reference Network (USCRN) Metadata Management – Survey to Operations (Draft), June 2003.
http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/uscrn/documentation/metadata/MetaDataMangt.doc

US Department of Transportation. National Transportation Communications for ITS Protocol (NTCIP) – Object Definitions for Environmental Sensor Stations, NTCIP 1204, November 23, 2001.

Viront-Lazar, A. and P. Seurer, Metadata for Climate Data, A Geographic Data Base Model for Station History, First IEEE Metadata Conference, April 16-18, 1996.
http://www.computer.org/conferences/meta96/lazar/paper.html?SMSESSION=NO

II- Siting Guideline References:

Borgen, Jorgen, et al. The Impact of Screening on Road Surface Temperature. Meteorological Applications, Vol. 7, pp. 97-104, 2000.

Boselly, S.E., J.E. Thornes, and C. Ulburg. Road Weather Information Systems Volume 1, Research Report. Strategic Highway Research Program Publication - SHRP-H-350, National Research Council, Washington D.C., 1993.
http://www4.trb.org/trb/onlinepubs.nsf/web/Highway_Operations_Reports

Boselly, S.E., and D.D. Ernst. Road Weather Information Systems Volume 2, Implementation Guide. Strategic Highway Research Program Publication - SHRP-H-351, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 1993.
http://www4.trb.org/trb/onlinepubs.nsf/web/Highway_Operations_Reports

Chapman, Lee, et al. Statistical Modelling of Road Surface Temperature from a Geographical Parameter Database. University of Birmingham, Climate & Atmospheric Research Group website.
http://www.cert.bham.ac.uk/research/urgent/Statisticalmodel.pdf

Goodwin, L., Best Practices for Road Weather Management, Version 2.0, prepared by Mitretek Systems for the FHWA Road Weather Management Program, May 2003.
http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/weather/best_practices/CaseStudiesFINALv2-RPT.pdf

Keep, Dale. Roadway Weather Information Systems (RWIS), Ice and Snow Technologies, LLC, Report, 2004.
http://www.iceandsnowtechnologies.com/artic/e/RWISarticle.pdf

National Weather Service. Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS) User’s Guide, March 1998.
http://205.156.54.206/asos/aum-toc.pdf

National Weather Service. Operations and Services, Surface Observing Program (Land), Instrument Requirements and Standards for the NWS Surface Observing Programs. Policy Directive 10-1302, October 17, 2003.
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/directives/010/pd01013002b.pdf

Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology - Services and Supporting Research. Federal Standard for Siting Meteorological Sensors at Airports. FCM-S4-1994, August 1994.
http://www.ofcm.gov/siting/text/a-cover.htm

Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology - Services and Supporting Research. Weather Information for Surface Transportation, National Needs Assessment Report. FCM-R18-2002, December 2002.
http://www.ofcm.gov/wist_report/wist-report.htm

US Department of Interior, National Wildfire Coordinating Group. National Fire Danger Rating System Weather Station Standards, March 2003.
http://www.fs.fed.us/raws/standards/NFDRS_final_rev032003.pdf

US Environmental Protection Agency. Meteorological Monitoring Guidance for Regulatory Modelling Applications. EPA-454/R-99-005, February 2000.
http://www.epa.gov/scram001/guidance/met/mmgrma.pdf

Vaisala, Inc. State of Nevada DOT Thermal Mapping Final Report 2000, 2000.

World Meteorological Organization. Guide to Meteorological Instruments and Methods of Observation, Sixth Edition, WMO-No. 8, 1996.

Zwahlen, H.T., et al. Evaluation of ODOT Roadway/Weather Sensor Systems for Snow and Ice Removal Operations Part I: RWIS. Human Factors and Ergonomics Laboratory, Ohio University, June 2003.
http://www.dot.state.oh.us/research/2003/Maintenace/14758-Part I-FR.pdf

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