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National Highway Visibility Conference (NHVC 2004)

May 18-19, 2004
Madison, Wisconsin

Name / Presentation Title	Presentation	File Size
TUESDAY, MAY 18, 2004
OPENING SESSION
Welcome:  - Frank Busalacchi, Secretary, Wisconsin Department of Transportation  - Ernie Stetenfield, AAA Wisconsin	No Document
Keynote Address:  - Jennifer Carfagno, The Weather Channel		280 KB
Panel Discussion: Why Highway Visibility is an Important Issue
- Regina McElroy, USDOT-FHWA		340 KB
- Sergeant John Jones, Wisconsin DOT		9.5 MB
- Brad Plamann, Fox Valley Technical College	No Document
- Arthur Handman, ITS America		310 KB
BREAK-OUT SESSION A1 - Research
1) Paul Herzegh, National Center for Atmospheric Research  - Innovations in Weather Data Collection		420 KB
2) Gary P. Ellrod, NOAA  - Detection of Hazardous Fog at Night Using Data From Meteorological Satellites and Surface Reporting Stations		1.3 MB
3) Timothy J. Schmit and Bob Aune, NOAA/NESDIS, Office of Research and Applications  - Future Geostationary Observations for the Improved Detection and Short Range Prediction of Fog		2.4 MB
BREAK-OUT SESSION B1 - Transportation Management and Highway Operations
1) Clint Gregory, Caltrans  - Managing Traffic During Poor Visibility "A Journey Through The Fog"		760 KB
2) Charles Ginocchio, ADDCO Inc.  - Choosing your Battles, Choosing your Attack Strategy and Understanding the Enemy		98 KB
3) Sergeant John Jones, Wisconsin DOT-State Patrol  - The I-43 Collision, Wisconsin's Deadliest Crash		9.5 MB
BREAK-OUT SESSION A2 - Research
1) Kuzman Adzievski, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science - South Carolina State University  - Safer Driving Under Poor Atmospheric Conditions by Improving Visibility Measurements Based on Wavelet Analysis		9.3 MB
2) Amanda Staudt, National Academies-BASC  - A Research Agenda for Improving Road Weather Services		4.0 MB
3) Toru Hagiwara, Transportation and Traffic Engineering Laboratory, Department of Urban and Environmental Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan  - Development of Visibility Assessment Methods using Digital Images under Foggy Conditions		590 KB
BREAK-OUT SESSION B2 - Transportation Management and Highway Operations
1) C. Arthur MacCarley, Cal Poly/Loragen Corporation  - Evaluation of the Caltrans Automated Warning System: Methodology and Preliminary Observations		1.7 MB
2) Bob Koeberlein, Idaho Transportation Department  - I-84 Storm Warning System		790 KB
3) Gilbert Soles, Florida DOT  - In-Roadway Lights to Discourage Speeding		2.2 MB
WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 2004
BREAK-OUT SESSION C1 - Safety
1) Nick Hutchins, LEDline  - Dynamic Road Markings for Improving Road Safety		610 KB
2) Sam Sherman, Utah DOT  - Utah's Low Visibility Warning System		590 KB
3) George Small, Maryland State Highway Adm.  - I-68 FOG CRASH		5.9 MB
BREAK-OUT SESSION D1 - Mobility and Congestion Management
1) Paul Delannoy, Natural Resource Sector Services Branch Services Clients and Partners Meteorological Service of Canada  - Fog: Impact on Road Transportation and Mitigation Options		3.7 MB
2) Gary G. Gimmestad, Georgia Tech Research Institute  - ITS Implementation Strategies Involving Fog		460 KB
3) Joe Holt, Tennessee DOT  - Tennessee Fog Detection and Warning System		8.0 MB
BREAK-OUT SESSION C2 - Safety
1) Jeffrey Bagdade, AAA Michigan  - Visibility Improvements Enhance Intersection Safety in Michigan		1.9 MB
2) Tom Maze, Iowa State University  - Winter Road Weather Conditions, Traffic Safety and Road Closures		1.7 MB
3) Scott Lindstrom, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Space Science & Engineering Center  - Challenges in Routine Fog Detection From Current Satellite Data	Animated Presentation *
BREAK-OUT SESSION D2 - Highway Visibility
1) Raj S. Ghaman, USDOT-FHWA  - Synopsis of National Weather RD&T & Traffic Operations		40 KB
2) Pat Casey, Wisconsin DOT  - Research Synthesis Report on Roadway Visibility		230 KB
3) Fred Moroni, Surface Systems, Inc. (SSI)  - Sensing the Future		1.7 MB
SPECIAL SESSION
1) Max Donath, University of Minnesota  - Driver Assist Technology for Leading Convoys Through Fog & Smoke		2.2 MB
2) Robert Hallowell – MIT Lincoln Laboratory  - Estimating Visibility from Video Images		640 KB
NATIONAL EXPERT HIGHWAY VISIBILITY WORKSHOP		22 KB

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