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