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Title	Research Applications Program (RAP) Road Weather Maintenance Decision Support System (MDSS) [Homepage]
Record ID	12383
Corporate Creator	National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
Corporate Contributor	Federal Highway Administration (U.S. Department of Transportation)
Publisher	University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Publication Date	20020105
Abstract	The development of a prototype winter Maintenance Decision Support System (MDSS) is part of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Office of Transportation Operations (HOTO) Surface Transportation Weather Decision Support Requirements (STWDSR) initiative. The objective of the MDSS effort is to produce a prototype tool for decision support to winter road maintenance managers. The MDSS is based on leading diagnostic and prognostic weather research capabilities and road condition algorithms, which are being developed at national research centers. The FHWA through the STWDSR process selected six national research centers to participate in the development of the prototype MDSS. They were selected because of the applicability of their expertise to the MDSS task. The participating national labs include the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL), National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Lincoln Laboratory (MIT/LL), National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL), Environmental Technology Laboratory (ETL), and the Forecast Systems Laboratory (FSL). It is anticipated that components of the prototype MDSS system developed by this project will ultimately be deployed by road operating agencies, including state departments of transportation (DOTs), and generally supplied by private vendors. From this website, the user can read a project description, technical documentation, download a demo, or request MDSS components of interest.
TRT Terms	Weather conditions ; Highway maintenance ; Winter maintenance ; Decision support systems ; Computer models ; Prototypes ; Home pages (Websites) ; Websites (Information retrieval) ; Road weather information systems
General Subjects	Maintenance Decision Support System (MDSS); Road condition algorithms; Surface Transportation Weather Decision Support Requirements (STWDSR) initiative; Winter road maintenance
Classification	NTL - HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION - HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION; NTL - HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION - Construction and Maintenance; NTL - INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS - INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS; NTL - PLANNING AND POLICY - Technology Transfer; NTL - PLANNING AND POLICY - Management Systems; NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - Highway Safety
Geographical Coverage	United States
Resource type	Web Document
URL	http://www.rap.ucar.edu/projects/rdwx_mdss/
Format	HTML
Language:	English
Database	Other Transportation Web Sites