Best Practices for Road Weather Management Version 2.0

Title:

Road Climate in Cities: A Study of the Stockholm Area, South-East Sweden

Abstract:

The difference between air and road surface temperature in urban and rural areas is an important consideration when modelling the road climate. In this study the effect of the urban heat island in the Stockholm area on road climate is examined. Factors such as distance from the city centre, traffic and topography are analysed in order to assess their impact on the spatial variation of road and air temperature.

Source(s):

Meteorological Applications of the Royal Meteorological Society Vol. 8 (United Kingdom), Goteborg University Department of Earth Sciences (Sweden). For an electronic copy of this resource, please direct your request to WeatherFeedback@dot.gov.

Date: 2001

Author:

Gustavsson, Bogren, Green

Keywords:

Pavement temperature

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