Expected impacts and value of improvements in weather forecasting ontheroad transport sector

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 217-223

  Nurmi, Pertti ^a   Perrels, Adriaan ^a   Nurmi, Väinö ^a  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Forecast value; Forecast verification; Predictability; Road transport; Road weather forecasting

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION USE; INFRASTRUCTURE AS A SERVICE (IAAS); MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; ROADS AND STREETS; SERVICE INDUSTRY; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

ATMOSPHERIC PREDICTABILITY; COMMUNICATION CHAINS; FORECAST VERIFICATIONS; PREDICTABILITY; ROAD TRANSPORTS; TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE; VALUE OF INFORMATION; VERIFICATION RESULTS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DATA QUALITY; DECISION MAKING; ROAD TRANSPORT; STAKEHOLDER; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; TREND ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84879023668     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.1399     Document Type: Article

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