Conceptual and scaling evaluation of vehicle traffic thermal effects on snow/ice-covered roads

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1225-1240

  Prusa, Joseph M ^a   Segal, Moti ^b   Temeyer, Bradley R ^b   Gallus Jr, William A ^b   Takle, Eugene S ^b  

^a Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROADS AND STREETS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ICE-COVERED ROADS;

METEOROLOGY;

EXHAUST EMISSION; HEAT TRANSFER; ICE COVER; ROAD; SNOW COVER; THERMAL POLLUTION;

EID: 0036971238     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2002)041<1225:CASEOV>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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