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| Description: | 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: |
Flood Control District of Maricopa County Weather Sensors |
| 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. |