TRANSMAP: An Integrated, Real Time Environmental Monitoring and Forecasting System for Highways and Waterways in RI

Details

• Creators:
  Spaulding, Malcolm L. ; Opishinski, Tom ; Galagan, Chris
• Corporate Contributors:
  University of Rhode Island. Transportation Center
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Highways
  • Waterways
  • Weather conditions
  • Internet
• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  Rhode Island
• Corporate Publisher:
  University of Rhode Island. Transportation Center
• Abstract:
  This report summarizes the work accomplished during the second year of a three-year project to develop a state of the art, integrated environmental monitoring and modeling system to provide data and information to support the operation, management, and evaluation of various land and marine based transportation systems in RI. TRANSMAP features an open architecture, industry standard software tools and modules, an embedded geographic information system (GIS), standardized data handling protocols, an environmental data analysis and presentation system, and access for linkage to models and management tools. The basic framework of TRANSMAP and its associated data, map, and web servers has been constructed, implemented and ; tested. The system is fully operational, with access to a variety of existing, real time meteorological and marine measurement ; systems and is currently undergoing beta testing. The system allows the user an extensive suite of tools to analyze data being ; collected or archived in the data base and allows routine access to GIS bases. A thermal energy balance model, that provides ; real time forecasts of the temperature profile in the roadbed, and a hazardous chemical spill model, that predicts the zone of ; concern for an evaporative plume from land-based spills of hazardous chemicals, were developed/implemented and fully ; integrated within TRANSMAP. TRANSMAP has been presented in a wide variety of professional forums to generate feedback on ; its basic architecture and implementation. The web based version of the system is currently operational and its ability to meet user needs evaluated. (34 p.)
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/16105/dot_16105_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.60 MB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:26b205a0ea0d0dca674c48924a62564c46e03582dc6dcd8de4e05b625fb0ef1f