Utah Winter Severity Index

This project will create an index which will be used to define the severity of winter weather, thereby reducing a multivariate system into a single value and allowing comparison between storms or seasons. The index will incorporate intensity, duration and other variables determined to contribute to the subjective "severity" of winter storms. Utilizing a single value to define a storm or season will allow for objective comparison of efforts to manage transportation during winter weather, whether in operations or maintenance, and from one maintenance station to another. Seasonal severity indices can be used to compare seasonal effective use of resources.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $13000.00
• Sponsor Organizations:

  Utah Department of Transportation

  4501 South 2700 West
  Project Development
  Salt Lake City, UT  United States  84114-8380
• Project Managers:

  Scovil, Russ

• Performing Organizations:

  Utah Department of Transportation

  4501 South 2700 West
  Project Development
  Salt Lake City, UT  United States  84114-8380
• Principal Investigators:

  Jones, Leigh

• Start Date: 20111031
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20120629
• Source Data: RiP Project 28924

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Resource utilization; Snowstorms; Storms; Weather conditions; Winter; Winter maintenance
• Uncontrolled Terms: Winter severity index
• Geographic Terms: Utah
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01472030
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Utah Department of Transportation
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Feb 12 2013 1:01AM