Highway Meteorology

by A.H. Perry (Editor), LJ Symons (Editor)

Overview

Roads that are safe in all weathers are a prerequisite of modern society, and large amounts of money are spent, especially in winter, to make travel safe. This book brings together international expertise on planning 'weather proof' roads, operating safe road networks in bad weather and coping effectively with accidents. The performance and cost effectiveness of new technology (ice detection systems, thermal mapping, weather radar etc) are reviewed.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781135831820
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	08/29/1991
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Allen Perry is senior lecturer in the Department of Geography, University College, Swansea. He is author of 'Environmental hazards in the British Isles' (Allen & Unwin 1981) and many papers on the climatology of ice and snow and its impact on transport systems. He was a member of the Climatic Change Impact Review Group convened by the Department of the Environment to consider the likely impact of global warming on the UK and its economy. Leslie Symons is Professor of Geography at University College Swansea with a particular interest in transport systems and their operation. He has contributed papers on weather and transport to successive meetings of the Standing European Road Weather Conference (SERWEC) and has undertaken contract research on highway winter maintenance problems.

Table of Contents

Biographies of contributors, Metric/Imperial Conversion Chart, Acknowledgements, Preface, 1. Climate as a factor in the planning and design of new roads and motorways, 2. The winter maintenance of highways, 3. Thermal mapping and road-weather information systems for highway engineers, 4. Snow and ice control in North America, 5. Snow-drift modelling and control, 6. The fog hazard, 7. Blowing dust and highways: the case of Arizona, USA, 8. Road accidents and the weather, 9. International collaboration, Index