Assessment and Recommendations for Using High-Resolution Weather Information to Improve Winter Maintenance Operations

A variety of methods for obtaining detailed analyses regarding the timing and duration of winter weather across the state of Indiana for multiple seasons were compared and evaluated during this project. Meteorological information from sources such as surface reporting stations, National Weather Service radars, and three‐dimensional weather analysis and prediction systems were utilized in this work. In addition, daily weather forecasts were provided by students at Purdue University during the 2012‐13 winter season. These forecasts supplemented the weather forecast information already in use at Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT). Purdue weather forecasts were systematically evaluated during this project. The results from these assessments are provided in this report, along with a set of recommendations for sources of detailed weather information to be utilized by INDOT in future winter seasons.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.5703/1288284315224
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• Record URL:
  http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3050&context=jtrp
• Corporate Authors:

  Purdue University

  Joint Transportation Research Program
  West Lafayette, IN  United States  47907-2051

  Indiana Department of Transportation

  State Office Building
  100 North Senate Avenue
  Indianapolis, IN  United States  46204

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Baldwin, Michael
  • Hoogewind, Kimberly
  • Snyder, Derrick
  • Price, Matthew
  • Trapp, R Jeffrey
• Publication Date: 2013-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 46p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Assessments; Data analysis; Recommendations; Weather conditions; Weather forecasting; Winter maintenance
• Geographic Terms: Indiana
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; I62: Winter Maintenance;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01526362
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA/IN/JTRP‐2013/22
• Contract Numbers: SPR‐3718
• Files: TRIS, ATRI, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: May 28 2014 3:26PM