Best Practices for Road Weather Management Version 2.0
Title:
Advanced Weather Forecasting for the Road Management and Transportation
Abstract:
Weather conditions have a major impact on the safety and operation of roads. They affect driver behaviour, vehicle performance, pavement friction, roadway infrastructure and maintenance, risk management and prevention. Weather events and their impacts on roads can be predictable, non-recurring incidents that affect safety, mobility and productivity. This work shows a multi-model high-resolution forecast system which is tailored to transportation weather-related problems and, particularly, to roads. It is based on leading diagnostic and prognostic weather research capabilities which are being developed at the Epson Meteo Centre (CEM). The system is a research and development effort, but some algorithms are now operationally used at CEM. Two relevant winter case studies are presented, showing the capability of the system to forecast situations with a potential high-impact on road transportation and safety.
Source(s):
13th Standing International Road WEather Conference (SIRWEC); Centro Epson Meteo (Italy)
Date: 2006
Author:
Salerno
Keywords:
Pavement condition
Pavement temperature
Adverse weather
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