Assessing the impact of weather on traffic intensity

Weather, Climate, and Society

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 60-68

  Cools, Mario ^a   Moons, Elke ^a   Wets, Geert ^a  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

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EID: 77953028721     PISSN: 19488327     EISSN: 19488335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009WCAS1014.1     Document Type: Article

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