Ft. Collins, Colorado, USA – 2016

PROCEEDINGS OF THE 18TH SIRWEC CONFERENCE, FT. COLLINS, COLORADO, USA (27 – 29 APRIL 2016)

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: The State of Road Weather Research
M.Perchanok 
Presentation

TOPIC 1: ROAD WEATHER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

Intelligent Road Weather Application Development at Finnish Meteorological Institute 
P. Nurmi 
Presentation

ASSIST, Advanced Snow plow and salt Spreader based on Innovative Space Technologies 
J. Ölander 
Presentation

Road Weather Tools 
R. Alfelor, P. Pisano, G. Guevara, B. Boyce 
Presentation

Winter Maintenance Management System goes mobile 
T. Cypra 
Presentation

AVL/GPS/MDSS for Improving Winter Operations 
A. Porrett 
Presentation

TOPIC 2: NOVEL TECHNOLOGIES IN ROAD WEATHER

Low-cost Road Surface Temperature sensing enabled by the Internet of Things 
L. Chapman 
Presentation

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 
Presentation

Road condition classification using a combination of sensors 
J. Casselgren 
Presentation

Crowdsourcing road weather: The critical role of the human in data generation 
L. Sturges, P. Pisano 
Presentation

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 
Presentation

A brand new winter maintenance decision support system 
M. Mimpen, M. Wokke, S. Ostapowich, J. Wisse, I. Smeding, S. Koopmans 
Presentation

The application of probabilistic route based road weather forecasting 
T. Bennett, D. Cornford 
Presentation

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 
Presentation

Freight and weather decision support system 
A. Gerard, W. Nixon 
Presentation

TOPIC 4: INTEGRATING ROAD WEATHER INFORMATION AND OPERATIONS

RWIS Automated Advisory System: Centralized advisory system for the control of Dynamic Message Signs 
J. Duensing 
Presentation

The use of performance indices and the advancement in their development for improved accountability 
D. Johns, P. Bridge 
Presentation

Integration of Road Weather Information within an ITS Traffic Management System – an example from Queensland, Australia 
D. Hammond 
Presentation

Development of Variable Speed Limits System Reflecting Pavement and Rainfall Conditions for Real-Time Urban Road in Seoul 
J. Lee, M. Kang 
Presentation

Improving surface condition forecasting using SNOWTAM data 
A. Nuijten 
Presentation

TOPIC 5: MOVING RWIS FORWARD

Maturity of Finnish Road Weather and Maintenance Network – challenges for innovation capability 
Zulkarnain, A. Aapaoja, R. Hautala, T. Kinnunen 
Presentation

Road Weather Information System Reference Data 
P. Bridge, D. Johns 
Presentation

MeteoRuta: An interactive weather forecasting WEBGIS for roads in Spain 
I. Abia, J. Villarino, N. Garrido, J. Garcia-Moya 
Presentation

A Technique for Estimating Snow Transport Rate from the Mass Flux at a Given Height 
M. Matsuzawa, S. Omiya 
Presentation

Surface prediction modeling, the effect of a changing snow layer on the thermal balance 
A. Nuijten, K. Høyland 
Presentation

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 
Presentation

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