AURORA - A MULTI-NATIONAL R/WIS PROGRAM

Aurora is a program of collaborative research, development and deployment in the field of road and weather information systems (R/WIS), reflecting the interests and needs of governmental agencies and industrial groups. The program, launched in 1996, brings together a number of U.S. organizations, in addition to Canadian and Swedish agencies. The Aurora vision is to deploy R/WIS to integrate state-of-the-art road and weather forecasting technologies with coordinated, multi-agency weather monitoring infrastructures. This will facilitate advanced road condition and weather monitoring and forecasting capabilities for efficient highway maintenance, and the provision of real-time information to travelers. This paper describes the Aurora program and current collaborative projects. For the covering abstract, see IRRD 490001.

• Corporate Authors:

  ERTICO

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• Authors:
  • Wikelius, M
  • O'TOOLE, A
  • Bland, C E
• Conference:
  • MOBILITY FOR EVERYONE. 4TH WORLD CONGRESS ON INTELLIGENT TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, 21-24 OCTOBER 1997, BERLIN. (PAPER NO. 1081)
• Publication Date: 1997

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 8 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Forecasting; Highways; Maintenance; Real time control; Real time data processing; Safety; Travelers; Warning systems; Weather
• Geographic Terms: Canada; Sweden; United States
• ITRD Terms: 8018: Canada; 8525: Conference; 132: Forecast; 2755: Highway; 3847: Maintenance; 8679: Real time; 1755: Road user; 1665: Safety; 8109: Sweden; 8122: USA; 9113: Warning; 2545: Weather
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00757102
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Dec 17 1998 12:00AM