PROCEEDINGS OF THE 20TH SIRWEC CONFERENCE, DRUSKININKAI, LITHUANIA (14-16TH JUNE 2022)
All abstracts are available in print and online via Vilnius University Press. Conference agenda can be found here.
KEY-NOTE SPEECHES
IoT weather stations and other new input for monitoring winter conditions on roads
by Søren Pedersen, Klimator AB, Sweden
Digitalization of winter maintenance in Lithuania
Jolita Mackienė, AB Kelių priežiūra, Lithuania
FOCUS TOPIC #1: ROAD WEATHER FORECASTING
Impact of satellite-derived cloud cover on road weather forecast in the Czech Republic
by Vojtěch Bližňák, Petr Pešice, Pavel Sedlák, Zbyněk Sokol, Jindřich Šťástka, Martin Tomáš, and Petr Zacharov
Lessons learnt from route-based forecast verification
by Alenka Šajn Slak, Borut Sila, and Samo Čarman
Developing probabilistic surface transport forecasts at the MET Office
by Joe Eyles, Alice Lake, and Hannah C.M. Susorney (presentation)
Effects of screening and sky view factor on road surface temperature forecasts
by Virve Karsisto and Matti Horttanainen (presentation)
Relation between weather and traffic accidents on the main roads of Lithuania
by Justas Kažys and Aistė Jančiauskaitė (presentation)
Surface transport forecasting at the MET Office: Looking to the future
by Alice Lake, Henry Odbert, Joe Eyles, Hannah C.M. Susorney, and Alasdair Skea (presentation)
Implementation of a residual salt model
by Claus Petersen
Road weather forecasting systems in Czech Republic
by Petr Zacharov, Vojtěch Bližňák, Josef Hanzlík, Petr Pešice, Pavel Sedlák, and Zbyněk Sokol
FOCUS TOPIC #2: WINTER ROAD MAINTENANCE
Improving winter service on bicycle paths
by Thorsten Cypra, Niklas März, Christian Holldorb, Jan Riel, and Tim Wiesler (presentation)
Digitalization of the winter road maintenance supervision in Finland
by Ossi Kortiainen, Kirsti Laurila, Janne Ruuskanen, and Le Thi
Using mobile observations to drive maintenance decision making
by Jim McCaa (presentation)
An adapted Accumulated Winter Season Severity Index (AWSSI) for Lithuanian winter evaluation
by Lauryna Šidlauskaitė, Justas Kažys, and Silvija Pipiraitė-Januškienė (presentation)
FOCUS TOPIC #3: RWIS AND OTHER ROAD WEATHER SENSORS AND EQUIPMENT
A compact road weather station and a mobile road condition monitor
by Taisto Haavasoja and Pauli Nylander (presentation)
Filling gaps in remote locations with low power RWIS
by Alex Karandreas and Mike Burton (presentation)
FOCUS TOPIC #4: ROAD WEATHER DATA SYSTEMS – PART OF ITS
Weather service to support autonomous driving in adverse weather conditions
by Marjo Hippi, Timo Sukuvaara, Kari Mäenpää, and Toni Perälä (presentation)
Winter testing track environment for the Intelligent traffic road weather services development
by Timo Sukuvaara, Kari Mäenpää, Toni Perälä, Marjo Hippi, and Aleksi Rimali (presentation)
FOCUS TOPIC #5: INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS
Vehicle position information system for accurate operational management and operational support of snow and ice operations
by Takafumi Nagai, Takashi Hasegawa, and Hideki Takahashi
Connected vehicle data – realtime road condition monitoring
by Björn Zachrisson and Johan Hägg (presentation)
FOCUS TOPIC #6: FUTURE PERSPECTIVES OF ROAD METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY
The decreasing importance of road weather forecasts
by Lee Chapman (presentation)
FILL-IN PRESENTATION
A New Road Weather System Paradigm
by Tomas Jurik (presentation)