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Best Practices for Road Weather Management Version 2.0

Title:

GIS Applications of Slipperiness Modelling

Abstract:

The purpose of constructing a winter index is generally to achieve a fair distribution of funding between units responsible for maintenance. The method described in this paper can also be used to plan the routes of new road sections. The structure followed during this research was divided into three climate scales: global, regional, and local. The road climate will vary with regional factors, like distance to coast or elevation. These variations can be modeled with a regression model. The remaining unexplained variation can be attributed to local factors.

Source(s):

10th Standing International Road WEather Conference (SIRWEC); Goteborg University (Sweden)

Date: 2000

Author:

Eriksson

Keywords:


Pavement friction
Road Weather Information System (RWIS)
Environmental Sensor Station (ESS)
Climate/Season
Observing network

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