87th AMS Annual Meeting

Session 4A: Advances and Applications in Transportation Weather

Tuesday, 16 January 2007: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
216AB (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
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Cochairs:  S. Edward Boselly, Weather Solutions Group; David J. Pace, SAIC and Paul A. Pisano, Federal Highway Administration
Papers:
  1:30 PM
4A.1
The safety, mobility and economic benefits of advanced weather applications and research for surface transportation planning and operations
Samuel P. Williamson, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and F. L. Estis

  Recorded presentation
  1:45 PM
4A.2
Analysis of Weather Events on U.S. Railroads
Michael A. Rossetti, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, MA

Poster PDF (97.2 kB)
  2:00 PM
4A.3
The effects of residual chemical on the road during blowing/drifting snow events
Benjamin Hershey, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and L. F. Osborne Jr.

  Recorded presentation
  2:15 PM
4A.4
The challenges of staisfying road weather users in times of changing technolgoy
Leon F. Osborne Jr., Meridian Environmental Technology, Inc. and University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND

  Recorded presentation
  2:30 PM
4A.5
Evolution of the U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Clarus Initiative: Project Status and Future Plans
Paul A. Pisano, Federal Highway Administration, Washington, DC; and J. S. Pol, A. D. Stern, B. C. Boyce, and J. K. Garrett

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (582.3 kB)
  2:45 PM
4A.6
Vehicles as Mobile Sensing Platforms for Meteorological Observations: A First Look
Andrew D. Stern, Mitretek Systems, Inc., Falls Church, VA; and P. A. Pisano, J. S. Pol, V. Shah, K. J. Biesecker, and C. Yeung

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.9 MB)
  3:00 PM
4A.6A
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall

  3:30 PM
4A.7
An Automated Visibility Detection Algorithm Utilizing Camera Imagery
Robert G. Hallowell, MIT Lincoln Lab., Lexington, MA; and M. Matthews and P. A. Pisano

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.3 MB)
  3:45 PM
4A.8
Road weather sensor data validation
Jennifer Hanson, Surface Transportation Weather Research Center, Grand Forks, ND; and L. F. Osborne Jr. and M. Askelson

  4:00 PM
4A.9
Modeling road pavement temperatures with skin temperature observations from the Oklahoma Mesonet
Jessica M. Rathke, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and R. A. McPherson

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.1 MB)
  4:15 PM
4A.10
On the use of satellite cloud top pressure data in the estimation of snowfall occurrence and precipitation rates
Mark Askelson, Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND

  Recorded presentation
  4:30 PM
4A.11
Analysis of pavement radiation loading through pavement temperature
Adam Mohr, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and L. F. Osborne Jr.

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (499.0 kB)
 
4A.12
Development of automated systems for analysis and forecasting of ceiling and visibility for aviation

  5:00 PM
4A.13
An exploration of an automated analysis product for ceiling and visibility: potential impacts on general aviation weather decision making
Richard E. Bateman, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and P. Herzegh

Poster PDF (205.6 kB)
  5:15 PM
4A.14
A Forecaster's Perspective of, and Post Analysis on, the April 2, 2006 Severe Weather Outbreak
Phil Zuzolo, The Boeing Company, Springfield, VA

  Recorded presentation Poster PDF (796.4 kB)
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