Regional influence on the occurrence of road slipperiness during winter precipitation events

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 449-460

  Eriksson, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; RAIN; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

HIGHER FREQUENCIES; MAINTENANCE ACTIVITY; OPEN ENVIRONMENT; ROAD SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL PATTERNS; WEATHER STATIONS; WINTER PRECIPITATION;

ROADS AND STREETS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AIR TEMPERATURE; FRICTION; HOAR FROST; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; ROAD; ROAD TRANSPORT;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0042871362     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1350482701004066     Document Type: Article

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