Minimum retroreflectivity for overhead guide signs and street name signs

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1794, 2002, Pages 38-48

  Carlson, Paul J ^a   Hawkins, H Gene ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; EVALUATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOMETRY; REFLECTION; SURVEYS; TRAFFIC SIGNS;

LUMINANCE; OVERHEAD GUIDE SIGNS; RETROREFLECTIVITY;

ROAD AND STREET MARKINGS;

EID: 0036937258     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1794-05     Document Type: Article

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