Publications
To obtain copies of publications that do not have web links, please contact Lynette Goodwin at lynette.goodwin@noblis.org.
Publications Related to Road Weather Management
FHWA Road Weather Management Program Publications
The following list contains documents developed by FHWA, some of which have been published while others are conference papers and other documents. Select each document name for further information, including a link to the document itself.
- A Case Study of the Maintenance Decision Support System (MDSS) in Maine (2007)
- A Next Generation of Observations Based on Passenger Vehicles (2008) (PDF 574KB)
- Advanced Decision Support For Winter Road Maintenance (2003) (PDF 145KB)
- Advances in Road Weather Research (2004) (PDF 188KB)
- An Introduction to Standards for Road Weather Information Systems (RWIS) (2002) (PDF 293KB)
- An Overview of Federal Highway Administration Road Weather Management Program Activities (2003) (DOC 104KB)
- An Overview of Surface Transportation Weather Research Conducted Through the Coorperative Program for Operational Meteorology, Education and Training (COMET) (2003) (PDF 169KB)
- Analysis of Weather Impacts on Traffic Flow in Metropolitan Washington, D.C. (2003) (PDF 1.4MB)
- Analysis of Weather-Related Crashes on U.S. Highways (2003) (PDF 117KB)
- Another Rain Day (2004) November - December 2004 FHWA Public Roads
- Arterial Operations in Adverse Weather (2004) (DOC 384KB)
- Automated Extraction of Weather Variables from Camera Imagery (2005) (PDF 824KB)
- Best Practices for Road Weather Management Version 2.0 (2003)
- Clarus: A Clear Solution for Road Weather Information (Flyer) (2007) (PDF 142KB)
- Clarus - America's 21st Century Surface Transportation Weather Observing and Forecasting System (Flyer) (2004) (PDF 277KB)
- Clarus: The Nationwide Surface Transportation Weather Observing and Forecasting System (2005) (PDF 473KB)
- Clarus: The U.S. Federal Highway Administration Nationwide Surface Transportation Weather Observing and Forecasting System Project (2005)
- Concept of Operations for Clarus - The Nationwide Surface Transportation Weather Observing and Forecasting System (2005)
- Current Practices in Transportation Management During Inclement Weather (2002) (PDF 186KB)
- Deployment of Maintenance Decision Support Systems (MDSS) for Winter Operations (2005) (DOC 2.2MB)
- Empirical Studies on Traffic Flow in Inclement Weather (2006)
- Enhancing Road Weather Information Through Vehicle Infrastructure Integration (VII) (2007) (PDF 1.2MB)
- Evolution of The U.S. Department of Transportation Clarus Initiative: Project Status and Future Plans (2006) (PDF 583KB)
- FHWA's Clarus Initiative: Concept of Operations and Associated Research (2005) (PDF 319KB)
- Identifying and Assessing Key Weather-Related Parameters and Their Impacts on Traffic Operations Using Simulation (2003) (PDF 245KB)
- Integration of Emergency and Weather Elements into Transportation Management Centers (2006)
- Intelligent Transportation Systems and Winter Operations In Japan (2003) (PDF 4.9MB)
- ITS Standards Impacting the Maintenance Community, Version 2.0 (2007)
- Lessons Learned from Collaborative Research on Road Weather Observations and Predictions by Universities, State Departments of Transportation, and National Weather Service Forecast Offices: Summary (2004) (PDF 181KB)
- Meeting the Challenges of Adverse Weather: A Blueprint for Road Weather Research (2003) (PDF 311KB)
- Prototype Weather Response System (WRS) for Transportation Operations (Flyer) (2006)
- Regional Demonstrations of the FHWA Clarus System (2008) (PDF 1.01MB)
- Research Needs for Weather-Responsive Traffic Management (2003) (DOC 341KB)
- Road Risk DVD Video (Publication Number: FHWA-HOP-05-024) - To request a copy of the video please email WeatherFeedback@dot.gov.
- Road Weather Information System Environmental Sensor Station Siting Guidelines (2005)
- Road Weather Management Product Guide (Flyer) (2005) (PDF 700KB)
- Road Weather Management Overview (Flyer) (2004)
- Siting Guidelines for Road Weather Information System (RWIS) Environmental Sensor Stations (ESS) (Flyer) (2005) (PDF 322KB)
- Surface Transportation Safety and Operations: The Impacts of Weather Within The Context of Climate Change (2002) (PDF 469KB)
- Surface Transportation Weather Applications (2002) (PDF 853KB)
- Surface Transportation Weather Decision Support Requirements (1999, 2000)
- The Federal Highway Administration's Maintenance Decision Support System Project: Summary Results and Recommendations (2004) (PDF 746KB)
- The FHWA Clarus Initiative: The Nationwide Surface Transportation Weather Observing and Forecasting System (2005) (DOC 868KB)
- The Maintenance Decision Support System (Flyer) (2005) (PDF 479KB)
- The U.S. Federal Highway Administration Winter Road Maintenance Decision Support System (MDSS) Project: Overview and Results (2005) (DOC 380KB)
- The Winter Maintenance Decision Support System (MDSS): Demonstration Results And Future Plans (2003) (PDF 1MB)
- U.S. Highway Crashes in Adverse Road Weather Conditions (2008) (PDF 276KB)
- U.S. Road Weather Management Program - Sensor Siting and Weather Information Integration Projects (2006)
- Vehicles as Mobile Sensing Platforms for Meteorological Observations: A First Look (2006) (PDF 2MB)
- Weather: A Research Agenda for Surface Transportation Operations (2002)
- Weather Applications and Products Enabled Through Vehicle Infrastructure Integration (VII): Feasibility and Concept Development Study (2007)
- Weather Impacts on Arterial Traffic Flow (2002) (DOC 338KB)
- Weather in the Info-Structure (2003) (PDF 647KB)
- Weather Information for Road Managers (2005) (DOC 204KB)
- Weather Information for Roadway Transportation: Preliminary Data Gap Analysis (2004) (DOC 197KB)
- Weather-Related Crashes on U.S. Highways in 2001 (2003) (DOC 464KB)
- Weather Response System: Operational Observations Report (2006)
- Weather Response System for Transportation Operations (Brochure)
- Weather-Responsive Traffic Management Concept of Operations: Draft (2003) (PDF 240KB)
- Weather-Responsive Traffic Signal Control (2003) (DOC 399KB)
- Weather-Responsive Transportation Management (2006) (PDF 245KB)
- Winter Road Maintenance Decision Support System Project: Overview and Status (2004) (PDF KB)
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