This equipment package measures environmental conditions and communicates the collected information back to a center where it can be monitored and analyzed. A broad array of general weather and road surface information may be collected. Weather conditions that may be measured include temperature, wind, humidity, precipitation, and visibility. Surface and sub-surface sensors can measure road surface temperature, moisture, icing, salinity, and other measures.
Included In:
MTO ARWIS
MTO Niagara COMPASS Field Equipment
NYSDOT Field Equipment
NYSTA RWIS/SWIS
General Functional Requirements
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The field element shall include surface and sub-surface environmental sensors that measure road surface temperature, moisture, icing, salinity, and other measures. 2 -
The field element shall include environmental sensors that measure weather conditions including temperature, wind, humidity, precipitation, and visibility. 3 -
The field element's environmental sensors shall be remotely controlled by a maintenance center. 4 -
The field element's environmental sensors shall be remotely controlled by a traffic management center. 5 -
The field element's environmental sensors shall be remotely controlled by weather service providers such as the National Weather Service or value-added sector specific meteorological services. 6 -
The field element's environmental sensors shall be remotely controlled by a maintenance and construction vehicle. 7 -
The field element shall provide environmental sensor equipment operational status to the controlling center or maintenance vehicle. 8 -
The field element shall provide environmental sensor equipment fault indication to the controlling center or maintenance vehicle. 9 -
The field element shall remotely aggregate environmental sensor data with environmental data collected from maintenance and construction vehicles. 10 -
The field element shall provide weather and road surface condition data to centers. 11 -
The field element shall provide weather and road surface condition data to maintenance and construction vehicles.
