The Pathfinder Vehicle Data Translator – Using Mobile Observations to Diagnose Road Weather Conditions

One solution for mitigating the impacts of weather on the transportation system is to provide improved hazard products to road maintenance operators and the travelling public. With funding and support from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) and direction from the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Road Weather Management Program, the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) is conducting research to develop a Vehicle Data Translator (VDT) that incorporates vehicle-based measurements of the road and surrounding atmosphere with traditional weather data sources, and creates road and atmospheric hazard products for a variety of users

• Record URL:
  http://itswc.confex.com/itswc/AM2012/webprogram/Paper10666.html
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract used with permission of Intelligent Transportation Society of America
• Corporate Authors:

  ITS America

  1100 17th Street, NW, 12th Floor
  Washington, DC  United States  20036
• Authors:
  • Chapman, Michael
  • Drobot, Sheldon
  • Pisano, Paul
  • Guevara, Gabriel
• Conference:
  • ITS America 22nd Annual Meeting & Exposition
  • Location: National Harbor MD, United States
  • Date: 2012-5-21 to 2012-5-23
• Publication Date: 2012

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: n.p.
• Monograph Title: ITS America 22nd Annual Meeting & Exposition. Smart Transportation: A Future We Can Afford

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Advanced traveler information systems; Data collection; Floating car data; Highway safety; Real time information; Traveler information and communication systems; Weather conditions
• Identifier Terms: Road Weather Management Program
• Uncontrolled Terms: Road conditions
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01448741
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Oct 9 2012 9:13AM