PROCEEDINGS OF THE 18TH SIRWEC CONFERENCE, FT. COLLINS, COLORADO, USA (27 – 29 APRIL 2016)
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: The State of Road Weather Research
M.Perchanok
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TOPIC 1: ROAD WEATHER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
Intelligent Road Weather Application Development at Finnish Meteorological Institute
P. Nurmi
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ASSIST, Advanced Snow plow and salt Spreader based on Innovative Space Technologies
J. Ölander
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Road Weather Tools
R. Alfelor, P. Pisano, G. Guevara, B. Boyce
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Winter Maintenance Management System goes mobile
T. Cypra
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AVL/GPS/MDSS for Improving Winter Operations
A. Porrett
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TOPIC 2: NOVEL TECHNOLOGIES IN ROAD WEATHER
Low-cost Road Surface Temperature sensing enabled by the Internet of Things
L. Chapman
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Laboratory tests of five different optical road condition sensors
J. Wåhlin, T. Vaa, J. Casselgren, P. Jonsson, J. Edblad, T. Haavasoja, J. Røien, K. Schedler
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Road condition classification using a combination of sensors
J. Casselgren
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Crowdsourcing road weather: The critical role of the human in data generation
L. Sturges, P. Pisano
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TOPIC 3: DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS AND ROAD WEATHER
A Risk Based Approach to Winter Road Surface Condition Classification
L. Fu, L. Thakali, T. Kwon, T. Usman
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A brand new winter maintenance decision support system
M. Mimpen, M. Wokke, S. Ostapowich, J. Wisse, I. Smeding, S. Koopmans
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The application of probabilistic route based road weather forecasting
T. Bennett, D. Cornford
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Design and Testing of a Decision Support System for Deploying Weather Responsive Traffic Signal Operations in Texas
K. Balke, S. Sunkari, H. Charara, D. Florence, N. Chaudhary, P. Songchitruksa, G. Pesti
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Freight and weather decision support system
A. Gerard, W. Nixon
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TOPIC 4: INTEGRATING ROAD WEATHER INFORMATION AND OPERATIONS
RWIS Automated Advisory System: Centralized advisory system for the control of Dynamic Message Signs
J. Duensing
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The use of performance indices and the advancement in their development for improved accountability
D. Johns, P. Bridge
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Integration of Road Weather Information within an ITS Traffic Management System – an example from Queensland, Australia
D. Hammond
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Development of Variable Speed Limits System Reflecting Pavement and Rainfall Conditions for Real-Time Urban Road in Seoul
J. Lee, M. Kang
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Improving surface condition forecasting using SNOWTAM data
A. Nuijten
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TOPIC 5: MOVING RWIS FORWARD
Maturity of Finnish Road Weather and Maintenance Network – challenges for innovation capability
Zulkarnain, A. Aapaoja, R. Hautala, T. Kinnunen
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Road Weather Information System Reference Data
P. Bridge, D. Johns
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MeteoRuta: An interactive weather forecasting WEBGIS for roads in Spain
I. Abia, J. Villarino, N. Garrido, J. Garcia-Moya
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A Technique for Estimating Snow Transport Rate from the Mass Flux at a Given Height
M. Matsuzawa, S. Omiya
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Surface prediction modeling, the effect of a changing snow layer on the thermal balance
A. Nuijten, K. Høyland
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POSTER SESSION
The CLEAN-ROADS project: a combined environmental-cost-user gain from the application of a MDSS to winter road maintenance operations
I. Pretto, C. Di Napoli, E. Malloci, R. Cavaliere, R. Apolloni, G. Benedetti, A. Piazza
What’s new in Finnish RWIS
K. Toivonen
Effects of tunnel entrance and exit on road meteorology
M. Kang, M. Park
An Attempt to Calculate Snowfall Intensity at Times of Strong Winds: Comparison Observation of a DFIR and Precipitation Gauges
S. Omiya, Y. Harada, M. Matsuzawa
The Meteorological Data for Designing of Snow Protection on the Roads
T. Samodurova, O. Gladysheva, S. Shiriaeva
Ensemble forecast of road surface temperature by the METRo-CZ model
Z. Sokol, V. Bližňák, P. Pešice, P. Sedlák, P. Zacharov, M. Škuthan
Use of weekly weather clusters to control the cost of the winter service in Iceland
E. Sveinbjörnsson
Poster
Using car observations in road weather forecasting
V. Karsisto, P. Nurmi
Poster
Computer Generated Maintenance Recommendations with and without Automatic Nowcasting
S. Karanko
Poster
New MDSS in Slovenia
R. Krsmanc, S. Carman, A. Sajn Slak
Poster
CONCLUDING PRESENTATION: The Challenges for the Next Two Years
R. Nelson
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