Mohawk Valley Regional ITS Architecture

Interfaces:

MCM Environmental Information Processing

• The center shall respond to control data from center personnel regarding environmental sensor control and weather data collection and processing.
• The center shall assimilate current and forecast road conditions and surface weather information using a combination of weather service provider information (such as the National Weather Service and value-added sector specific meteorological services) and local environmental sensor data.
• The center shall use the various data inputs of environmental sensors and road weather data to develop a view of current and predicted road weather and road conditions.
• The center shall disseminate current and forecasted road weather and road condition information to weather service providers (such as the National Weather Service and value-added sector specific meteorological services) as well as other agencies including traffic, emergency, and transit management, traveler information providers, rail operations centers, media, and other maintenance management centers.

MCM Environmental Information Collection

• The center shall remotely control environmental sensors that measure weather conditions including temperature, wind, humidity, precipitation, and visibility.
• The center shall respond to control data from center personnel regarding environmental sensor control and weather data collection and processing.
• The center shall collect operational status for the roadside and vehicle-based environmental sensor equipment.
• The center shall collect fault data for the roadside and vehicle-based environmental sensor equipment for repair.