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Service Package Description

This service package processes and distributes the environmental information collected from the Road Weather Data Collection service package. This service package uses the environmental data to detect environmental hazards such as icy road conditions, high winds, dense fog, etc. so system operators and decision support systems can make decision on corrective actions to take. The continuing updates of road condition information and current temperatures can be used by system operators to more effectively deploy road maintenance resources, issue general traveler advisories, issue location specific warnings to drivers using the Traffic Information Dissemination service package, and aid operators in scheduling work activity.

List of Elements on this Diagram
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Element Name Stakeholder
Flood Control District of Maricopa County ALERT Flood Control District of Maricopa County
Maricopa County EOC Maricopa County Department of Emergency Management
MCSO Dispatch Center Maricopa County Sheriffs Office
MCDOT ATIS Maricopa County Department of Transportation
MCDOT TMC Maricopa County Department of Transportation
National Weather Service NOAA


List of Stakeholder Elements and Roles on this Diagram
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Stakeholder Element Name Functional Area/Role Functional Area Description
Flood Control District of Maricopa County Flood Control District of Maricopa County ALERT MCM Environmental Information Processing This equipment package processes current and forecast weather data, road condition information, local environmental data, and uses internal models to develop specialized detailed forecasts of local weather and surface conditions. The processed environmental information products are presented to center personnel and disseminated to other centers.
Maricopa County Department of Emergency Management Maricopa County EOC Emergency Environmental Monitoring This equipment package collects current and forecast road conditions and surface weather information from a variety of sources. The collected environmental information is monitored and presented to the operator and used to more effectively manage incidents.
Maricopa County Department of Transportation MCDOT ATIS ISP Traveler Data Collection This equipment package collects traveler-related data from other centers, performs data quality checks on the collected data and then consolidates, verifies, and refines the data and makes it available in a consistent format to applications that deliver traveler information. A broad range of traveler-related data is collected including traffic and road conditions, transit data, emergency information and advisories, weather data, special event information, traveler services, parking, multimodal data, and toll/pricing data. This equipment package also shares data with other information service providers.
Maricopa County Department of Transportation MCDOT ATIS TMC Environmental Monitoring This equipment package assimilates current and forecast road conditions and surface weather information using a combination of weather service provider information, information collected by other centers such as the Maintenance and Construction Management Subsystem, and data collected from environmental sensors deployed on and about the roadway. The collected environmental information is monitored and presented to the operator. This information can be used to issue general traveler advisories and support location specific warnings to drivers. Other equipment packages process the collected information and provide decision support.
Maricopa County Department of Transportation MCDOT ATIS MCM Environmental Information Processing This equipment package processes current and forecast weather data, road condition information, local environmental data, and uses internal models to develop specialized detailed forecasts of local weather and surface conditions. The processed environmental information products are presented to center personnel and disseminated to other centers.
Maricopa County Department of Transportation MCDOT TMC TMC Environmental Monitoring This equipment package assimilates current and forecast road conditions and surface weather information using a combination of weather service provider information, information collected by other centers such as the Maintenance and Construction Management Subsystem, and data collected from environmental sensors deployed on and about the roadway. The collected environmental information is monitored and presented to the operator. This information can be used to issue general traveler advisories and support location specific warnings to drivers. Other equipment packages process the collected information and provide decision support.
Maricopa County Sheriffs Office MCSO Dispatch Center Emergency Environmental Monitoring This equipment package collects current and forecast road conditions and surface weather information from a variety of sources. The collected environmental information is monitored and presented to the operator and used to more effectively manage incidents.


List of Flows on this Diagram
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Source Element Architecture Flow Destination Element
Flood Control District of Maricopa County ALERT road weather information National Weather Service
Flood Control District of Maricopa County ALERT road weather information MCDOT TMC
Flood Control District of Maricopa County ALERT road weather information MCSO Dispatch Center
Flood Control District of Maricopa County ALERT road weather information Maricopa County EOC
National Weather Service weather information Flood Control District of Maricopa County ALERT
Flood Control District of Maricopa County ALERT road weather information MCDOT ATIS

Last updated: 06-24-13