Session 7 Transportation [Including meteorological aspects of the Intelligent Transportation System (ITS)] (Parallel with Session 6)

Wednesday, 12 January 2000: 2:00 PM-4:30 PM
Host: Second Symposium on Environmental Applications
Organizer:
Douglas Jonas, Matrix Management Corp., Bainbridge Island, WA

Papers:
2:00 PM
7.1
The DoT ITS Program
Christine Johnson, DOT, Washington, DC

2:30 PM
7.2
Delivering surface transportation weather information: Borrowing from aviation weather experience
Gary G. Nelson, Mitretek Systems, Inc., Washington, DC; and R. A. Wagoner

2:45 PM
7.3
Development of Surface Transportation Weather Decision Support Requirements
Gary G. Nelson, Mitretek Systems, Washington, DC; and S. M. Holt and P. Pisano

3:00 PM
7.4
The social and economic impact of weather information: a case study of surface transportation industries
Christopher R. Adams, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and D. J. Berri

3:15 PM
7.5
Societal value of improved precipitation forecasts: A case study in surface transportation
Thomas R. Stewart, SUNY, Albany, NY; and R. Nath, R. A. Pielke Jr., and M. W. Downton

3:30 PM
7.6
Contribution to a baseline understanding of the impact of weather on airline carrier operations
Thomas A. Seliga, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, MA; and J. A. Shorter

3:45 PM
7.7
Challenges and opportunities for using weather information to support transportation
Michael A. Rossetti, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, MA; and Thomas A Seliga, Volpe National Transportation System Center, Cambridge, MA and Basav Sen, Volpe National Transportation System Center, Cambridge, MA

4:00 PM
7.3A
Coffee Break (Exhibit Hours 3:00-7:30 P.M.)

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