Using Visual Range Data For Highway Operations In Blowing Snow

Ronald D. Tabler

doi:10.1117/12.7973253

1 February 1984 Using Visual Range Data For Highway Operations In Blowing Snow

Ronald D. Tabler

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 23, Issue 1, 230155 (February 1984). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.7973253

Abstract

This paper describes characteristics of visual range attenuation in blowing snow in relation to motorist vision. Visual range V is related to wind speed U according to V = AU-5 with the A coefficient changing in response to snow availability. A lower limit for visual range is described with A =1.1 X108 m6 s-5. An operational monitoring system used on Interstate Highway 80 in Wyoming demonstrates how real-time computer analysis of photometric data can be used to determine the A value, interpret visual range in terms of vehicle operation, and provide automated traffic operations decisions.

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Ronald D. Tabler "Using Visual Range Data For Highway Operations In Blowing Snow," Optical Engineering 23(1), 230155 (1 February 1984). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.7973253

Published: 1 February 1984

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