LTPP Climate Tool [Product Brief]

Details

• Creators:
  Wiser, Larry
• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Data analysis
  • Mechanistic-empirical pavement design
  • Pavements
  • Weather and climate
  • Long Term Pavement Performance (LTPP) Program
  • Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide
  • Modern Era Retrospective-Analysis for Research and Application (MERRA)
  • U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-HRT-17-011;FHWA-HRTM 2444;Pub 17-011
• Resource Type:
  Brief
• Geographical Coverage:
  North America
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Abstract:
  This Product Brief describes the Long-Term Pavement Performance (LTPP) Climate Tool (intended for use by infrastructure engineers) that provides convenient access to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications (MERRA) climatic data. The LTPP Climate Tool is an online tool hosted on LTPP InfoPave™ that provides users with access to processed versions of MERRA data using different visual features and interfaces. The MERRA Climate Data for Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG) Inputs button under the tools menu of the LTPP InfoPave™ Web site allows users to extract the MERRA data in a format that is compatible with the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials AASHTOWare® Pavement ME Design software.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/35736/dot_35736_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 738.77 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Highway Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
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