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Title:

Description and Verification of a Road Ice Prediction Model

Abstract:

The IceBreak model is described in its physical bases. The model is verified and compared with the U.K. Meteorological Office model using roadside inputs of winter 1990-1991 at 11 sites in the United Kingdom. The results show that the IceBreak model has a near-zero bias and about one degree C standard deviation in overall and minimum temperature predictions. It provides improved accuracy in road ice prediction.

Source(s):

Transportation Research Board, Transportation Research Record 1387, Birmingham Center for Atmospheric Research (United Kingdom). For an electronic copy of this resource, please direct your request to WeatherFeedback@dot.gov.

Date: 1992

Author:

Shao, Thornes, Lister

Keywords:


Pavement temperature
Forecast/Prediction
Ice/Frost

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