Precipitation variation and the identification of high-risk wet accident locations in California

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2107, 2009, Pages 123-133

  Veneziano, David A ^a   Wang, Shaowei ^a   Shi, Xianming ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT LOCATION; CALIFORNIA; CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION; COUNTY LEVEL; FINE RESOLUTION; MCNEMAR'S TESTS; ONE-FACTOR; PRECIPITATION VARIATION; RESOLUTION FACTORS; SPATIAL LEVELS;

ACCIDENTS;

EID: 76249103537     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2107-13     Document Type: Article

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