Mapping Weather Severity Zones
Project Number: Clear Roads 10-02
Status: In progress
Start Date: September 2011
End Date: September 2012
Investigator: Meridian
Problem
State Departments of Transportation need a better a better ability to compare their operations with other states with similar weather severity in order to identify opportunities for reducing spending that will not negatively impact level of service.
Objective
The goals of this research are to analyze the weather severity in the snow and ice states to develop a methodology to map weather severity across the regions and states.
Expected Results
A map that depicts the average winter weather severity across the US in a manner similar to the plant hardiness zone maps used for agriculture.
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