Application of road visibility information system to winter maintenance

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2055, 2008, Pages 128-138

  Nagata, Yasuhiro ^a   Hagiwara, Tom ^b   Araki, Keiji ^a   Kaneda, Yasuhiro ^c   Sasaki, Hirokazu ^d  

^a JAPAN WEATHER ASSOCIATION   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Hokkaido Development Engineering Center   (Japan)

^d Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Transport   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE; ROADS AND STREETS; VIDEO CAMERAS;

AREA-WIDE; CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISION; DATA COLLECTION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; INDEX MONITORING; POOR VISIBILITY; ROAD IMAGES; STILL-IMAGES; VISIBILITY EVALUATIONS; WINTER MAINTENANCE;

VISIBILITY;

EID: 56749107512     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2055-15     Document Type: Article

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