Best Practices for Road Weather Management Version 2.0
Title:
Phase I: Development of a Road Weather Information System (RWIS) for Florida's Intelligent Transportation System
Abstract:
The University of North Florida, in cooperation with the Florida State University and the National Weather Service, has completed Phase I of a research program aimed at developing a state-of-the-art Road Weather Information System (RWIS) for Florida's Interstate Highway System. The primary motivating goal of theis research program is for the State of Florida to have a system that will provide timely and useful early warning weather information to travelers, transportation managers, law enforcement, and emergency managers in order to ensure safte transportation in both normal and evacuation conditions. The primary accomplishment of Phase I was the development of a RWIS prototype research facility that proves the opportunity for FDOT to evaluation alternative designs and configurations for the data network, software, and sensors that could be incorporated into the statewide RWIS. The communications backbone for the RWIS research facility is the FDOT microwave system. The towers are spaced approximately 20 miles apart. A major feature of the system design concept includes development of the capability for adding wireless weather sensors between or near the 20-mile spaced primary weather stations. This design feature anticipates the need for specialized stations at fixed locations to address site specific potential hazards such as high wind on high evacuation bridges or locations that are prone to fog.
Source(s):
Florida DOT, prepared by University of North Florida
http://www.dot.state.fl.us/research-center/Completed_Proj/Summary_TE/FDOT_BD160_rpt.pdf
Date: 2004
Author:
Lambert
Keywords:
Communications
Environmental Sensor Station (ESS)
Insitutional issues
Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
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