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Title:

Road Weather Information System Data Archiving and Access Tools in the WisTransPortal

Abstract:

This paper describes an RWIS data archive and Web access facility recently developed by the Traffic Operations and Safety (TOPS) Laboratory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Currently, Wisconsin DOT maintains a RWIS data collection system primarily to support winter maintenance operations activities. The objective of developing the TOPS RWIS data repository is to facilitate wider application of the RWIS data for research and operations such as integration with crash and traffic count data, performance analysis of the existing RWIS system itself, and support for WisDOT Clarus initiatives. The design of the archiving system addresses three major technical challenges: data archiving efficiency, data densification, and data accessibility.

Source(s):

87th Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting, University of Wisconsin-Madison. For an electronic copy of this resource, please direct your request to WeatherFeedback@dot.gov.

Date: 2007

Author:

Jin, Parker, Ran

Keywords:


Observing network
Internet/Web site

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