Best Practices for Road Weather Management Version 2.0
Title:
Test Methods for Evaluating Field Performance of RWIS Sensors
Abstract:
As part of the NCHRP it was determined that a need existed to develop guidelines for practical field testing of ESS sensors to evaluate if a sensor is providing an accurate representation of actual conditions at the installed site. The procedures contained in this document define the equipment and describe the procedures that state, county and city personnel can use to measure sensor parameters and valuate sensors. The standardized methodologies for field testing various models of ESS pavement sensors were developed as a result of research performed under NCHRP Project 6-15, Testing and Calibration Methods for RWIS Sensors. Pavement temperature, surface state, and freezing point temperature are the three pavement sensor parameters that were addressed in the study.
Source(s):
SRF Consulting Group, Inc., Braun Intertec Corporation, International Idea Institute, Inc. and University of Minnesota; Prepared for National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP Project 6-15)
http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/nchrp/nchrp_webdoc_87part2.pdf
Date: 2006
Author:
Fleege, et al
Keywords:
Environmental Sensor Station (ESS)
Pavement temperature
Pavement condition
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