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21st Century Operations Using 21st Century Technologies

Integrated Modeling for Road Condition Prediction Phase 3 Project Report

List of Acronyms

AHPS Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service
ASOS Automated Surface Observing Systems
ATMS advanced transportation management system
CAP common alerting protocol
CV connected vehicle
DMS dynamic message sign
DOT department of transportation
DTA dynamic traffic assignment
E-E External-External
E-I External-Internal
ESS environmental sensor station
FHWA Federal Highway Administration
h hour
in. inch
ID identifier
I-E Internal-External
I-I Internal-Internal
IMRCP Integrated Modeling for Road Condition Prediction
I–435 Interstate 435
I–470 Interstate 470
I–49 Interstate 49
IT information technology
ITS intelligent transportation system
KC Kansas City
KC Scout Kansas City Scout
KDOT Kansas Department of Transportation
km kilometer
LTL less-than-truckload
MARC Mid-America Regional Council
MDSS maintenance decision support system
METRo Model of the Environment and Temperature of Roads
min minute
MLP machine learning-based prediction
MODOT Missouri Department of Transportation
mph mile per hour
MPO metropolitan planning organization
MRMS Multiple Radar/Multiple Sensor
NCEP National Centers for Environmental Research
NDFD National Digital Forecast Database
NeXTA Network EXplorer for Traffic Analysis
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOCoE National Operations Center of Excellence
NSSL National Severe Storms Laboratory
NWS National Weather Service
OD origin-destination
ODM Online Demand Model
RAP Rapid Refresh
RDBMS Relational Database Management System
RTMA Real-Time Mesoscale Analysis
RWIS road weather information system
RWMP Road Weather Management Program
TDOD time-dependent origin-destination
TMC transportation management center or traffic management system
TrEPS Traffic Estimation and Prediction System
TS time series
TSMO transportation systems management and operations
US–69 U.S. Route 69
UDOT Utah Department of Transportation
USDOT U.S. Department of Transportation
VSL variable speed limit
WAF weather adjustment factor
WRMS road weather-responsive management strategies
WRTM weather responsive traffic management
WxDE Weather Data Environment