Mini-RWIS PILOT PROJECT (2020 – 2022): A Public-Private Partnership Demonstration Project Between Campbell Scientific, Inc. and the Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities in Collaboration With the University of Alaska Fairbanks (Institute of Northern Engineering) and Geo-Watersheds Scientific
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2022-08-01
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Edition:Final Report
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Abstract:In 2019, Campbell Scientific, a manufacturer of research-grade data acquisition systems entered a public/private partnership project with the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (ADOT&PF) to demonstrate the scalable (mini) Road Weather Information System (RWIS) concept. This partnership included research personnel from the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) to assess the performance of the mini-RWIS stations with the goal of providing feedback to ADOT&PF regarding the performance of the stations and the feasibility of adding the mini-RWIS station concept as a cost-effective option for of filling gaps in the Alaskan RWIS network. Seven standard mini-RWIS stations were assessed based on the performance of the atmospheric sensor data (including wind speed and direction, air temperature and relative humidity, and road surface temperature), reliable delivery of camera images, power performance, and cellular communication performance. They performed well throughout the study and results show that a Public/ Private Partnership with emerging technologies can be a positive avenue to pilot systems to use within DOT system where performance is unknown at the time of trial.
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