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11th International Road Weather Conference

Severe Weather Conditions - Others

Shigeo Suizu (JPN)/ Yutaka Yamada:
A Model of Depth and Water Equivalent of Snow in an Extensive Area

Osamu Abe (JPN)/ Masujiro Shimizu:
Snow Densities to Estimate Ground Snow Loads in Mountainous Areas of Japan

Akira Yamamoto (JPN):
SClimatology of the Traffic Accident in Japan on the Expressway with Dense Fog and a Case Study

Manabu Kaneko (JPN)/ Yasuhiko Kajiya / Yoshifumi Fukuzawa / Masaru Matsuzawa:
Winter Road and Human Factors   - A Study on Driving Behaviors under Snowstorm-Induced Visibility Hindrance -

Jaakko Myllylä (FIN)/ Yrjö Pilli-Sihvola:
Floating Car Road Weather Monitoring

Kevin McFall (SWE)/ Tommy Niittula:
Results of AV Winter Road Condition Sensor Prototype

Ville Haavisto (FIN)/ Taisto Haavasoja/ Markus J.Turunen/ Pauli Nylander/ Yrjö Pilli-Sihvola:
A Field Trial of a Vehicle's Grip Compared with RWS Data

Minoru Numata (JPN)/ Jun Okamoto/ Toru Tashiro/ Takeshi Ito:
A Basic Study of Short Term Forecasting Methods of Snowfall and Road Surface Temperature Using Intelligent Visibility Meter

Kenji Kosugi (JPN)/ Takeshi Sato/ Atsushi Sato/ Osamu Abe:
Estimation of Blowing Snow Intensity Using Acoustic Signals

Marie Eriksson/ Sven Lindqvist (SWE):
Regional influence on road slipperiness during winter precipitation events

Patrick Lerat (FRA)/ Anne-Mari Cames-Pintaux/ Tchao-Jules Assih:
Road in winter conditions: contribution of geotechnical and thermal properties

Esben Almkvist(SWE):
Detailed Climatic Measurements above and beside the Road

Valerié Muzet (FRA)/ Gérard Queyrel/ Jean Livet:
Precipitation and Road Surface Information. Is It Possible to Make a Road Weather Climatology with RWISS Data ? A Prospective Study

Ing.Jan Svarc (CZE))/ RNDr.Miroslav Skuthan/ Daniel Glanc:
Integrated RWIS In the Central European Territory

Torbjörn Gustavsson (SWE)/ Jörgen Bogren:
Measurement of Road Climatological Variables

Hans Van Saan (NED):
RWIS in ITS

Gary G.Nelson (USA)/ Paul Pisano:
Road Weather Sensing : Defining a National Infrastructure

Chang-Keun Song (KOR)/ Boram Lee:
Prognosis of the Road Surface Condition in Korea Using Surface Energy Balance Theory

Jörgen Bogren (SWE)/ Torbjörn Gustavsson
Site Specific Road Surface Temperature Forecast - Improvements by Use of Radiation Measurements

Tatiana V. Samodurova (RUS):
Estimation of Significance the Parameters, Influencing on Road Ice Formation (the results of computing experiment)

Jianmin Shao (GBR)/ Jonathan Lister:
Automated Road Ice Nowcasts and Internet/Intranet Application

Lee Chapman (GBR)/ John E. Thornes:
A Blueprint for 21st Century Road Ice Prediction

Petteri Portaankorva (FIN):
Road Weather and Traffic Data in Traffic Management

Takashi Yamada (JPN)/ Teruhiko Maruyama:
Construction of a Road Management Support System Using Information Forecast

Katsuyuki Takitani (JPN)/ Hidekazu Kagaya/ Yuji Yamagiwa/ Yasuhiko Kajiya:
Development of Winter Road Maintenance Management Support System about Anti-freezing and Snow Removing Work Based on Web and E-mail

Kimmo Toivonen (FIN)/ Jouko Kantonen:
Web-based Distribution of Road Weather Information to Winter Road Maintenance Contractors in a Multiple Contractor Environment

Claes Brundin (SWE):
New Forecast Methods

Reinhold Steinacker (AUT):
A Variational Technique for Downscaling Meteorological Fields

Bent H. Sass (DEN)/ Claus Petersen:
The Development of Accurate Automatic Road-weather Forecasts

Wolfgang E.Raatz (GER)/ Ludwig Niebrügge:
Road Weather Forecasts for a Winter Road Maintenance Information Center

Björn Ólafsson (ISL):
Road Weather Information for Customers-Iceland

Marilyn Burtwell (GBR)/ Adrian Runacres:
The Effects of Road Weather and Driver Information Systems on Road User Accidents
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S.Edward Boselly III/ Daniel S.Roosevelt (USA):
The Presentation of Road Weather and Condition   Information to the Public: The Results of an Aurora Pooled-Fund Study

Yasuhiko Kajiya (JPN)/ Yuuji Yamagiwa/ Yasuhiro Kudo/ Hidekazu Kagaya/ Takafumi Shimano:
Road Web Markup Language - XML for Road Information Distribution on the Net -

Takeshi Ito (JPN):
Distribution Tendency of Freezing Index Related to Road Weather in the Northern Districts of Japan

Senji Nagai (JPN)/ Isamu Yoshitake/ Sumio Hamada:
Fundamental Experiments of Pipe Heating by Means of Tunnel Spring Water

Isamu Yoshitake (JPN)/ Senji Nagai/ Toshio Tanimoto/ Sumio Hamada:
Simple Estimation of the Ground Water Temperature and Snow Melting Process

Masaru Matsuzawa (JPN)/ Masao Takeuchi:
Study on Methods to Calculate Visibility on Blowing Snow

Takeshi Sato (JPN)/ Kenji Kosugi/ Atsushi Sato:
Estimation of Blowing Snow and Related Visibility Distributions above Snow Covers with Different Hardness

Toru Hagiwara (JPN)/ Satoshi Fujita/ Kiyoshi Kizaka:
Assessment of Visibility on Roads under Snow Conditions using Digital Images

Anette Heiberg Mahle (NOR)/ Gry Rogstad:
NORIKS - A Winter Index for Norwegian Conditions

John E.Thornes (GBR):
Performance Audit Method for Winter Maintenance

Stefan Bald (GER)/ Didier Giloppe/ Marilyn Burtwell/ Valérie Muzet:
Winter Maintenance in Europe - Practice and Research

Risto Kulmala (FIN):
Future Research Topics Related to Road Weather

Gerald Spreitzhofer (SUI)/ Michael Lehning/ Judith Doorschot/ Charles Fierz/ Norbert Raderschall:
Integrated Model Approach to Forecast Snow Drift, Snow Cover and Surface Properties in Alpine Terrain and on Roads

Shigeo Suizu (JPN):
A Hazard Evaluation Model of Dry Snow Avalanches due to Heavy Snowfall

Yutaka Yamada (JPN)/Osamu Abe/ Kenji Kosugi/ Shinichi Watanabe:
Avalanche Release Hazard Map using GIS

Michael Lehning (SUI)/ Walter Ammann/ Perry Bartelt/ Marc Christen/ Martin Gassner:
Computer Tools from the SLF to Support Local Swiss Avalanche and Road Officials

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