Investigating the impact of precipitation on vehicle speeds on UK motorways

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 194-201

  Hooper, Elizabeth ^a   Chapman, Lee ^a   Quinn, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analysis; Complex; Precipitation; Significance; Speed; Traffic

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; INFORMATION USE; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

ANALYSIS; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; COMPLEX; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PRECIPITATION RADAR; SIGNIFICANCE; TRAFFIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; UNIVERSAL RELATIONSHIP;

SPEED;

ACID PRECIPITATION; ANALYTICAL METHOD; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SATELLITE DATA; TRANSPORT VEHICLE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84898788559     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.1348     Document Type: Article

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