Torino, Italy – 2006

PROCEEDINGS OF THE 13TH SIRWEC CONFERENCE, TORINO, ITALY (25-27TH MAY 2006)TOPIC 1: RECORDING AND EVALUATION OF ROAD WEATHER DATA

Measurements and simulations of spatial road surface temperatures in Flüela Valley, Switzerland
N. Helbig, G. Flury, M. Lehning

Mobile road weather monitoring
E.Pasero, T.Meindl, M.Riccardi

New approach to road weather: Measuring slipperiness
Y. Pilli-Sihvola, K. Toivonen, T. Haavasoja, V. Haavisto, P. Nylander

Fluorescence of road salt additives: Potential applications for residual salt monitoring
D.S. Hammond, L. Chapman, A. Baker, J.E. Thornes, A. Sandford

Ice detection and forecasting system
T. Meindl, W. Moniaci, E.Pasero 3

Daily urban NOx peak forecasting using recurrent neural network
S. Aronica, U. Brunelli, V. Piazza, L. Pignato , F. Sorbello , S. Vitabile

Analysis of a particular snowfall situation in Italy 
R. Selvi, F. D’Abramo, P. Ernani

TOPIC 2: FORECAST METHODS AND ACCURACY

Model for road icing forecast and control  
N.A. Bezrukova, E.A. Stulov, M.F. Khalili

Developing a method to predict road surface temperatures: Applying heat balance model considering traffic volume
N. Takahashi, R.A. Tokunaga, M. Asano, N. Ishikawa

Snow disaster forecasting system on roads 
K. Nishimura, H. Hirashima, K. Kosugi, T. Kobayashi, T. Sato, A. Sato, M. Lehning

Development of wind alarm systems for road and rail vehicles: Presentation of the WEATHER project
D. Delaunay, C.J. Baker, F. Cheli, H. Morvan, L. Berger, M. Casazza, C. Gomez, C. Le Cleac’h, R. Saffell, R. Grégoire, A. Viñuales

Operational Danish road wather forecasting using high resolution satellite data 
C. Petersen, B. Sass, A. Mahura, N. Nielsen, T. Pedersen, M. Lind, S. Andersen

Forecasting experience with a high resolution non-hydrostatic model at Italian Air Force Meteorological Service. 
A. Raspanti, P-F Coppola, G. Frustaci

A spectral analysis of meteorological data for weather forecast applications
E. Pasero, A. Montuori, G. Raimondo

Which variables should be measured at a road weather station ? Artificial intelligence gives the answer
S.E. Almkvist, M. Walter 2

Advanced weather forecasting for the road management and transportation
R. Salerno

TOPIC 3: TRAFFIC AND TRAFFIC SAFETY IN WINTER

Effects of tire frictional heat on snow covered road surface
A. Fujimoto, H. Watanabe, T. Fukuhara

Consolidation, melting and refreezing process of snow on roads by vehicles
T. Kobayashi, T. Sato, K. Kosugi, S. Mochizuki, A. Sato

Variation of traffic accidents volume on different phases of adverse weather conditions
J. Kazys, D, Valiukas, E. Rimkus

Statistical analysis of weather related Road Accidents in Iran
M.H Nokhandan

Variations in the Swedish winter road slipperiness
A.K. Andersson, T. Gustavsson, J. Bogren

County-wide variable speed limits?
A. Schirokoff, P. Rämä, A. Tuomainen

Salting route optimisation using XRWIS and evolutionary computation
L. Chapman, H. Handa, X. Yao, J.E. Thornes

A weather model for variable speed limits
J. Bogren, T. Gustavsson

Development of RWIS: a new approach using accident-data 
T. Gustavsson, J. Bogren

TOPIC 4: ROAD WEATHER INFORMATION SYSTEMS: ACTUAL PROBLEMS

Achieving technology transfer with interactive computer-based training
L.D. Smithson

Administrative view of RWIS in Finland
K. Toivonen, E. Lahtinen

BUFR template for road weather data 
J. Sulan, T. Endrulat

A Java-based data presentation system for RWIS data and forecasts
T. Endrulat

U.S. road weather management program: Sensor siting and weather information integration projects
P.A. Pisano, L.C. Goodwin, A.D. Stern

TOPIC 5: FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF ROAD WEATHER INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Development of a Maintenance Decision Support System and usefulness of snowstorm information in that system 
Y. Yamagiwa, M. Matsuzawa, Y. Kajiya

Development of an internationally applicable geographic, meteorological and snow cover information system to support road maintenance operations 
G. Spreitzhofer, R. Steinacker

Project ColdSpots: A new way to improve winter road condition forecasts
P. Saarikivi, M, Sipilä, P. Nurmi, M. Hippi

Central European transnational road weather information system 
M. Škuthan, D. Glanc

XRWIS: A new paradigm for winter road maintenance 
J.E. Thornes, L. Chapman, S. White

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