Influence of pavement surface characteristics on nighttime visibility of objects

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1692, 1999, Pages 39-48

  Khan, Mainul Hasan ^a   Senadheera, Sanjaya ^a   Gransberg, Douglas D ^b   Stemprok, Roman ^c  

^a Texas Tech University   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; PAVEMENTS; ROAD AND STREET MARKINGS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VISIBILITY;

LUMINANCE AND VISIBILITY BASED METHODS; NIGHTTIME VISIBILITY; PAVEMENT SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS; ROADWAY LIGHTING DESIGN;

TRAFFIC SIGNS;

EID: 0033333689     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1692-06     Document Type: Article

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