Development of roadway weather severity index

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1948, 2006, Pages 161-169

  Strong, Christopher ^a   Shvetsov, Yurii ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; WEATHER FORECASTING;

RESEARCH PROJECTS; ROADWAY WEATHER SEVERITY INDEXES; SAFETY RISKS; SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS;

HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 33750297504     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0361198106194800118     Document Type: Conference Paper

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