TDOT RWIS Sensors

Status: Planned

Description

TDOT road weather information system sensors to monitor weather conditions at the roadway.

Stakeholders

StakeholderRoleRole Status
TDOTOwnsPlanned

Physical Objects

ITS Roadway Equipment

Functional Objects

Functional ObjectDescriptionUser Defined
Roadway Environmental Monitoring'Roadway Environmental Monitoring' measures environmental conditions and communicates the collected information back to a center where it can be monitored and analyzed or to other field devices to support communications to vehicles. A broad array of general weather and road surface information may be collected. Weather conditions that may be measured include temperature, wind, humidity, precipitation, and visibility. Surface and sub–surface sensors can measure road surface temperature, moisture, icing, salinity, and other measures.False

Interfaces To

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National Weather Service
TDOT Connected Vehicle Roadside Equipment
TDOT Maintenance Headquarters
TDOT Region 3 District Operations
TDOT Region 3 TMC – Nashville