PROCEEDINGS OF THE 21ST SIRWEC CONFERENCE, AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS (11-13TH JUNE 2024)
FOCUS TOPIC #1: SENSORS AND RWIS
Adapting to Change: the Evolution of Road Weather Information Systems
by dr. Alenka Šajn Slak, Borut Sila, Samo Čarman from CGS Labs d.o.o. (presentation)
The evolution of the Road Weather Station: Winter Monitoring to Future Mobility
by Petteri Leppänen from Vaisala (presentation)
A comparison of IOT road weather stations (WP1) and also evaluation of Roadcondition surveys using cars (WP2)
by Lars Forslof from Trafikverket (presentation)
FOCUS TOPIC #2: FORECASTING (1)
The Coupled Road Weather and Road Dust Modelling System for Air Quality Forecasts in Norway
by Bruce Rolstad Denby, Elin Ristorp Aas, Eivind Grøtting Wærsted, Augustin Mortier, Charlie Negri from Division for Climate Modelling and Air Pollution, Norwegian Meteorological Institute (presentation)
Optimizing gritting routes using inter-connected hyper local road condition forecast
by Eric Terpstra from Weather Solutions NL B.V. (presentation)
The benefit of more observations in forecasting of winter road conditions
by Claus Petersen, Carlos Peralta from DMI (presentation)
FOCUS TOPIC #3: MANAGING ROAD WEATHER
Road weather services at Meteo France, from model outputs to decision making tools
by Bruno Joly from Meteo France Met Road Services
Safetrucks – Road Weather Services Tailored for Heavy Vehicles
by Marjo Hippi, Timo Sukuvaara, Kari Mäenpää, Hannu Honkanen, Virve Karsisto from Finnish Meteorological Institute (presentation)
Summary of the 2023 International Conference on Road Weather and Winter Maintenance
by Paul Pisano, chair of the TRB Road Weather committee, and Anna Arvidsson, co-author (presentation)
How Do Clean Energy and Autonomous Vehicles Impact the Climate Risk Profile of Road Transportation? Implications for Winter Road Maintenance
by Lee Chapman, Curtis Walker from School of Geography, Earth & Environmental Science, University of Birmingham (presentation)
When severe storms occur more often, how do we ensure resilience of the road network?
by Wilfrid Nixon from Professional Snowfighters Association, and Mark Devries from Vaisala (presentation)
Infuse AI in your operations
by Remco Ploeg from Microsoft (presentation)
FOCUS TOPIC #4: FORECASTING (2)
Frost-induced black ice prediction using atmospheric data
by Jinhwan Jang from Highway and Transport Research Department, Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (presentation)
Ensemble forecast implementation in the RMI Road Weather Forecasting System
by Joris Van den Bergh, David Dehenauw, Piet Termonia from Royal Meteorological Institute Belgium (presentation)
Using road states for simplifying communication of probabalistic forecasts
by Peter Jordan, Alice Lake, Joe Eyles, Joshua Wiggs from Met Office (presentation)
The SURFEX/TEB new road model with traffic effects:- Validation and operational plans
by Gabriel Colas, Valéry Masson, François Bouttiera from Centre National de Recherche en Météorologie, and Ludovic BOUILLOUD from Météo-France (presentation)
FOCUS TOPIC #5: INNOVATION AND TECHNICAL ADVANCEMENTS
The future role of artificial intelligence in road weather information systems
by Yongjian Li, Lee Chapman, Shuo Wang from School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham
6GVisible – Intelligent Mobility for Autonomous Driving
by Virve Karsisto, Marjo Hippi, Hannu Honkanen, Heikki Myllykoski, Kari Mäenpää, Seppo Pulkkinen, Etienne Sebag, Timo Sukuvaara from Finnish Meteorological Institute, and Nada Sanad, Pertti Seppänen, Anna Teern from University of Oulu (presentation)
A true performance evaluation of winter maintenance
by Johan Petersson, Björn Zachrisson from NIRA Dynamics (presentation)
Simulating Winter Maintenance Efforts: A Multi-Linear Regression Model
by Nafiseh Mohammadi, Alex Klein-Paste from Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, NTNU