ITS Element: Private Weather Support Services System

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Description: Private collection of road weather data and provision of data to NMDOT through web based access.
Status: Existing
Stakeholder: Private Weather Information Provider
Mapping: Maintenance and Construction Management
Surface Transportation Weather Service
Other MCM

Interfaces:

AMPA Regional TMC
NMDOT District 1 TOC
NMDOT District 2 TOC
NMDOT District 4 TOC
NMDOT District 5 TOC
NMDOT District 6 TOC
NMDOT District Maintenance Office
NMDOT District Maintenance Units Dispatch
NMDOT RWIS
NMDOT Statewide TMC
NMRoads
Service Packages: ATIS02 - Interactive Traveler Information - NMDOT (1 of 2)
MC03 - Road Weather Data Collection - NMDOT
MC04 - Weather Information Processing and Distribution - NMDOT (3 of 3)
MC07 - Roadway Maintenance and Construction - NMDOT (2 of 2)
Functional Requirements:

MCM Maintenance Decision Support

MCM Environmental Information Processing

MCM Environmental Information Collection

  • The center shall remotely control environmental sensors that measure road surface temperature, moisture, icing, salinity, and other measures.
  • The center shall remotely control environmental sensors that measure weather conditions including temperature, wind, humidity, precipitation, and visibility.
  • 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), data from traffic and traveler information providers, and environmental data collected from sensors deployed on and about the roadway as well as the fleet of maintenance and construction vehicles and the broader population of vehicle probes.
  • The center shall provide weather and road condition information to weather service providers and center personnel.
  • 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.

MCM Roadway Maintenance and Construction


Last updated: 10-10-12