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Best Practices for Road Weather Management Version 2.0

Title:

Highway Snowstorm Countermeasure Manual: Abridged Edition

Abstract:

This report is a synopsis of the Highway Snowstorm Countermeasure Manual revised in July 2003. The manual explains basic ideas and describes technical data and general technological standards related to snow-control facilities used against snowdrifts and blowing snow induced visibility hindrance. The revised manual includes a new volume, the General Guide, for snow-control measures, in addition to existing volumes on snowbreak woods and snow fences.

Source(s):

Civil Engineering Research Institute of Hokkaido, Japan

http://www2.ceri.go.jp/fubuki_manual/pdf/manual.eng.pdf

Date: 2003

Author:

Civil Engineering Research Institute of Hokkaido

Keywords:


Blowing/Drifting snow
Snow fence
Wind
Visibility

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