Best Practices for Road Weather Management Version 2.0
Title:
Model for Road Icing Forecast and Control
Abstract:
A technique is developed for diagnosing different types of ice, frost and rime phenomena based on the classification of processes causing ice generation on the road. Based on this technique, an algorithm to forecast and diagnose glazed frost on the road has been worked out, which is realized as a model program demonstrating the potentials of the technique involved. According to this technique, glazed frost on the road is forecasted in two steps. As a first step, the road temperature is forecasted with sufficient lead-time. Secondly, based on the forecasted road temperature values and some other parameters, a diagnostic analysis and forecast of glazed frost events is performed. The verification of the model during two winter seasons at two automated road weather stations has demonstrated satisfactory results.
Source(s):
13th Standing International Road WEather Conference (SIRWEC); Central Aerological Observatory and Moscow State University
Date: 2006
Author:
Bezrukova, Stulov, Khalili
Keywords:
Forecast/Prediction
Pavement condition
Pavement temperature
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