Open AccessNumerical simulations of shading effect and road‐surface state
Author(s) -
Shao J,
Lister P J,
Fairmaner W D
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
meteorological applications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1469-8080
pISSN - 1350-4827
DOI - 10.1002/met.5060010303
Subject(s) - daytime , road surface , environmental science , shading , frost (temperature) , meteorology , atmospheric sciences , computer science , geology , civil engineering , geography , engineering , computer graphics (images)
In winter road maintenance, accurate predictions of road‐surface temperature and state (dry, wet, frost or ice) are valuable information for road authorities and organisations that decide where and when to salt or grit the road. The obstruction caused by bids, buildings and trees near the forecast site in daytime (the shading effect) largely reduces the accuracy of such predictions in daytime. This paper describes recent developments of the Icebreak Model and gives encouraging results of validation in surface temperature and state predictions of the model.