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DEVELOPMENT OF STRATEGIC HIGHWAY RESEARCH PROGRAM LONG-TERM PAVEMENT PERFORMANCE CLIMATIC DATA BASE

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00637679

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Abstract:

Although the effects of climatic factors on pavement performance have long been recognized as important, those effects remain largely unquantified because individual pavement research projects to date generally have been restricted to limited geographic areas with more or less uniform climatic conditions and relatively short time spans, making it difficult to separate the effects of climatic factors from those of loading. By virtue of the relatively broad geographic and climatic distribution of the test sections involved and the long-term nature of the study, the Long-Term Pavement Performance (LTPP) program will rectify this situation. The Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP) climatic data base is intended to provide the weather and climatic information needed to characterize the environment in which each LTPP test section has existed from the time of construction through the LTPP monitoring period. The development of SHRP's LTPP climatic data base, including the identification and sources of data, selection and verification of weather stations, actual data retrieval from available sources, and data quality assurance, is summarized. Future activities, such as updates and expansion of the data base and collection of ground-truth data, are also discussed.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1388, Rigid and Flexible Pavement Design and Rehabilitation. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved

Monograph Accession #:

01403222

Language:

English

Authors:

Rabinow, S D
Rada, G R
Tayabji, S D
Richter, C A

Pagination:

p. 88-96

Publication Date:

1993

Serial:

Transportation Research Record

Issue Number: 1388
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

ISBN:

0309054575

Features:

Figures (1) ; References (2) ; Tables (5)

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Subject Areas:

Design; Highways; Pavements; Terminals and Facilities; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces

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TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Sep 28 1993 12:00AM

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