Road Climatology: Determination of Calculated Values of Meteorological Characteristics

Ivan Leonovich; Donatas Čygas

Road Climatology: Determination of Calculated Values of Meteorological Characteristics

Authors

Ivan Leonovich 1Dept of Road Construction and Maintenance, Belarussian National Technical University, 65, Independence Avenue, 220013 Minsk, Republic of Belarus
Donatas Čygas Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Saulėtekio al. 11, 10233 Vilnius, Lithuania

Keywords:

climatology, meteorology, solar radiation, air temperature, atmospheric precipitation, snow cover, fog, wind, cloudiness, meteorological information

Abstract

Practically all the road-related questions are solved with the consideration of climatic factors. Besides, the meteorological characteristics of the region, where the road objects are located, are taken into account, as well as their calculated values. This paper describes a methodology for determining these values. The examples are given on how to calculate the main meteorological characteristics of the percentage of integral probability, which are used in designing, constructing and maintaining roads.

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