Session 5 |
| | Special session on applications of IIPS in surface transportation (Parallel with Session 4) |
| | Organizer: Paul Pisano, Dept. of Transportation, Washington, DC
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| 8:00 AM | | Introductory Remarks. Paul Pisano, Dept. of Transportation
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| 8:15 AM | 5.1B | Weather Information for Surface Transportation (WIST): Establishing the National Needs and Requirements
Samuel P. Williamson, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and B. K. Tsugawa and C. A. Moren |
| 8:30 AM | 5.2 | The FHWA Road Weather Management Program for Decision Support
Gary G. Nelson, Mitretek Systems, Inc., Washington, DC; and P. Pisano |
| 8:45 AM | 5.3 | National Surface Transportation Weather Program: Partnering Initiative
David Mannarano, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and P. Pisano |
| 9:00 AM | 5.4 | Winter Road Maintenance Decision Support System (MDSS): Part I
George Blaisdale, CCREL, Hanover, NH |
| 9:15 AM | 5.5 | Winter Road Maintenance Decision Support System (MDSS): Part II
Richard A. Wagoner, NCAR, Boulder, CO |
| 9:30 AM | 5.6 | Application of Road Weather Information Systems in the western United States
John Horel, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and M. Splitt and S. Conger |
|  | 5.7 | A GIS-Based Automated Weather Event Notification System for the Railroad Industry
Douglas P. Chenevert, DTN Weather Services, Burnsville, MN; and G. Liknes, J. Lystad, C. Reece, and K. Crowe |
| 9:45 AM | | Coffee Break
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| 10:15 AM | 5.8 | Invited Panel Discussion: Issues/Technologies in Weather Support for Surface Transportation. Moderator: Samuel Williamson
Greg Mandt, NOAA/NWS; and L. Yoshida, W. Mahoney, D. Grimes, W. Brown, and D. Jonas |