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Predicting road hazards caused by rain, freezing rain and wet surfaces and the role of weather radar

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 1997

Leslie Symons  and
Allen Perry
Leslie Symons
Affiliation:
Department of Geography, University of Wales, Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK
Allen Perry
Affiliation:
Department of Geography, University of Wales, Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK
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Abstract

Freezing rain in the winter of 1995/96 has drawn attention to the severity of black-ice problems on British roads, additional to the normal increased hazards presented to drivers by any form of precipitation. Disruption to traffic was considerable on several days. Weather radar provides improved nowcasting, for both winter and summer conditions, where available real time directly to highway engineers, but this is not yet generally the case in England and Wales. New developments from the Meteorological Office offer improved possibilities at reasonable costs.

Type
Research Article
Information
Meteorological Applications , Volume 4 , Issue 1 , March 1997 , pp. 17 - 21
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© 1997 Meteorological Society

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