Road grade measurement using in-vehicle, stand-alone gps with barometric altimeter

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 139, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 605-611

  Boroujeni, Behdad Yazdani ^a   Frey, H Christopher ^a   Sandhu, Gurdas Singh ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Distance; Emissions; Engine load; Global positioning system (GPS); Highway; Road grade; Speed; Vehicle; Vertical curvature

Indexed keywords

DISTANCE; ENGINE LOAD; HIGHWAY; ROAD GRADES; VERTICAL CURVATURE;

ACCELERATION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT; ANEROID ALTIMETERS; ESTIMATION; FUELS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; ROADS AND STREETS; SPEED; TRACKING (POSITION); VEHICLES;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

CURVATURE; FUEL CONSUMPTION; GPS; LIDAR; ROAD TRANSPORT; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

EID: 84881240089     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)TE.1943-5436.0000545     Document Type: Article

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