Estimation of winter road maintenance costs using climate data

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 69-73

  Venäläinen, Ari ^a   Kangas, Markku ^a  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAINTENANCE; PRIVATIZATION; ROADS AND STREETS;

CLIMATE DATA; FINLAND; INPUT DATAS; MAINTENANCE COST; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; WINTER CONDITIONS; WINTER ROAD MAINTENANCE;

COSTS;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DATA INTERPRETATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; MAINTENANCE; PREDICTION; PRIVATIZATION; ROAD; VULNERABILITY; WINTER;

FINLAND;

EID: 34548796901     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1350482703005073     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. Cornford, D. & Thornes, J. E. (1996) A comparison between spatial winter indices and expenditure on winter road maintenance in Scotland. Int. J. Climatol. 16:339-357.
2. Gustavsson, T. (1996) Test of indices for classification of winter climate. Meteorol. Appl. 3: 215-222.
3. Hankimo, J. (1976) Sateen olomuodon prediktoreista. Ilmatieteen laitoksen tutkimusseloste, 57 (in Finnish).
4. Hulme, M. (1982) A new winter index and geographical variations in winter weather. J. Meteorol. 7: 294-300
5. Laine, V., Ehrola, E. & Venäläinen, A. (2000) Sää ja talvihoito. Tielaitoksen selvityksia 22/2000 (in Finnish; English abstract: Winter weather and winter road maintenance. Research to develop a new winter index).
6. Thornes, J. E. (1991) Thermal mapping and road weather information system for highway engineers. In Highway Meteorology, E.& F.N. Spon, London, pp. 187-208.
7. Venäläinen, A. & Helminen, J. (1998) Maanteiden talvikunnossapidon sääindeksi. Finnish Meteorological Institute. Reports 1998 2 (in Finnish; English abstract: Wintertime road maintenance weather index).
8. Venäläinen, A. (2001) Estimation of road salt use based on wintertime air temperature. Meteorol. Appl. 8: 333-338.
9. Voldborg, H. & Knudsen, F. (1988) A winter index based on measured and observed weather parameters. In Proc. of 4th International Conference on Weather and Road Safety, Florence, Italy.