Integration of wind and drifting snow numerical models in GIS snowdrift riskk on roads: A tool for engineering

Snowdrift problems concern many regions in France. They have significant economical consequences because this phenomenon may stop traffic. The paper deals with a first prototype of an almost automatic tool, which will help any user to locate risks of snowdrift on roads. It has been developed in a Geographic Information System (G.I.S) using wind and drifting snow numerical models realized in our team. Both numerical models integrated in this GIS can be used by road engineers to localize the different road cut sections where drifting snow will occur and to determine snowdrift shape. In order to reduce the duration of computation, the wind (3D) is calculated on a large area including the road and the drifting snow model (2D) is only used in some problematical road cut sections. After a general description of the context, this article describes: (1) the used numerical models; (2) their integration in a GIS; and (3) an example of application on a new highway in the centre of France. (A). For the covering abstract of the conference see ITRD E212110.

• Authors:
  • NAAIM-BOUVET, F
  • NAAIM, H
  • FRANCAIS, J -
• Publication Date: 2002

Language

• French

Media Info

• Pagination: 10p
• Serial:
  • XITH PIARC INTERNATIONAL WINTER ROAD CONGRESS 2002, SAPPORO, JAPAN
  • Issue Number: VI-103f
  • Publisher: World Road Association (PIARC)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Field tests; Forecasting; Geographic information systems; Intelligent transportation systems; Mathematical models; Simulation; Snowdrifts; Winter maintenance
• ITRD Terms: 8525: Conference; 2551: Drifting snow; 132: Forecast; 8605: Geographical information system; 6226: In situ; 6473: Mathematical model; 9103: Simulation; 2593: Winter maintenance
• Subject Areas: Maintenance and Preservation; Operations and Traffic Management; I62: Winter Maintenance;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01043061
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Mar 6 2007 8:04AM