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3 Changing Current Practices Weather products today generally are insufficient for transportation operations –Too generalized –DOTs investment in road observations Surface weather forecasting benefits from more data from more sources –Ground observations are plentiful, but not managed to form coherent picture Managing all available ground data yields new productsTRANSCRIPT
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ClarusClarusNationwide Surface Transportation Weather Observing & Forecasting System
Paul PisanoTeam LeaderRoad Weather ManagementOffice of Transportation OperationsFederal Highway Administration
James Pol, PEITS CoordinatorITS Joint Program OfficeU.S. Department of Transportation
OFCM CEISC BriefingNovember 30, 2004
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USDOT ITS InitiativesIntegrated Vehicle
Based Safety Systems
Cooperative Intersection Collision Avoidance Systems
Next Generation 9-1-1
Mobility Services for All Americans
Integrated Corridor Management
SystemsClarus
Emergency Transportation
Operations
Universal Electronic Freight Manifest
Vehicle Infrastructure Integration (VII)
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Changing Current Practices• Weather products today generally
are insufficient for transportation operations– Too generalized– DOTs investment in road observations
• Surface weather forecasting benefits from more data from more sources– Ground observations are plentiful, but
not managed to form coherent picture• Managing all available ground data
yields new products
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What is Clarus?• What
– Demonstration of a regional road weather observational data management and forecasting system & partnership to establish a nationwide road weather observation network.
• Why– To reduce the impact of adverse
weather for all road and transit users and operators.
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Why now?
State DOTs Vehicle technology
Transportation
Community NOAA Private sector
Weather Communit
y
Growing demands for specific road weather products to offset safety
impacts and impeded mobility
Newproducts
and servicesfor shared
goals
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Unlimited Possibilities!
Clarus
Route Specific Radio& TV Broadcasts ofTravel Conditions
Credible &Precise
Travel Advice
Add Detail toHAR & VMS
Spawn New technologies
(in vehicle, PDA)
Create New and More Effective Ways to Convey Surface Transportation Weather Information
Enhanced decision making tools
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Who will benefit from Clarus?• State and Municipal DOTs (Traffic & Maintenance Mgrs.)• Public Weather “Forecasting” Agencies (NOAA/NWS)• Public Weather “Consumer” Agencies (USDA, DHS, DOD)• Private Weather Information Providers (data & forecasts)• Electronic & Print Media (traffic reporters, USA Today)• Road Users (Commuters, Tourists, CVO/Truckers) • New innovations/VII (e.g., OnStar)• Mass Transit• Rail• General Public
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Challenges to Address
• Broader modernization efforts within NWS/NOAA
• Data ownership & licensing• VII and other emerging technology• Institutional barriers for sharing• Liability
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Clarus Roadmap Overview
Stakeholder Coordination
System Design
FY04 FY05 FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09
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• Purpose– Promote multilateral stakeholder ownership,
consensus in design & build partnerships.• Activities
– Establish partnership with NOAA– Create Interagency Coordinating Committee
• Directly engage stakeholders at key decision points and throughout the initiative
• Source of interdisciplinary expertise for design reviews and guidance
• Transportation; Weather; Private Sector
StakeholderCoordination
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• Purpose– Establish data management for road weather
observations and forecasts that serve the needs of disparate user communities.
• Activities– Create concept of operations– Identify possible constraints– Integrate state road weather data with NOAA
data– Create engineering design documentation
System Design
Stakeholder Coordination
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• Purpose– Achieve regional multi-state collection with
quality control and enhanced forecasting capabilities.
• Activities– Selection criteria & location selection– Leverage VII proof of concept test to fully exploit
VII capabilities to deliver real-time data– Develop regional system design– Implement multi-state regional demonstration– Evaluate demonstration
Multi-State RegionalDemonstration
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• Purpose– Establish package of products that are readily
implemented by stakeholders and that are solely supported by the stakeholders.
• Activities– Develop enhanced system design– Design & implement a more robust Internet data portal
with hooks for new technologies such as CCTV & VII – Implement enhanced demonstration & evaluation– Create revised regional and nationwide Clarus system
design– Document all lessons learned and design guidance
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Where we are now• Concept of Operations Development
– Identified user needs– Developing Operational Scenarios– General Information requirements
• System Design Procurement– Proposals due next month– Completion within 20 months
• http://www.clarusinitiative.org
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Achievements through Clarus• Enhanced forecasting for surface
transportation• Stable, reliable access to road weather
information and other weather sources• Broadened participation for NOAA/NWS
in surface transportation weather• A regional model deployment of the
observation data-sharing network and a suite of forecasting tools enabled through the Clarus system design