Roadway Environmental Monitoring Functional Area

Description

Environmental sensors, surface and sub-surface, that collect weather and road surface information. Weather conditions measured include temperature, wind, humidity, precipitation, and visibility. Sensors measure road surface temperature, moisture, icing, salinity, etc.

Included In

Huron Disaster Warning System
Sanger Vehicle Detection Systems
Caltrans D6 Environmental Sensor Stations
Caltrans D6 Security Detection
Caltrans D6 Freeway CCTV
Caltrans D6 Vehicle Detection Systems
City of Fresno Vehicle Detection Systems
City of Fresno CCTV System
City of Fresno Changeable Message Sign System
Fresno Metropolitan Flood Control District Environmental Sensors

Functional Requirements

IDRequirement
1The field element shall include surface and sub-surface environmental sensors that measure road surface temperature, moisture, icing, salinity, and other measures.
2The field element shall include environmental sensors that measure weather conditions including temperature, wind, humidity, precipitation, and visibility.
3The field element's environmental sensors shall be remotely controlled by a maintenance center.
4The field element's environmental sensors shall be remotely controlled by a traffic management center.
5The field element's environmental sensors shall be remotely controlled by weather service providers such as the National Weather Service or value-added sector specific meteorological services.
6The field element's environmental sensors shall be remotely controlled by a maintenance and construction vehicle.
7The field element shall provide environmental sensor equipment operational status to the controlling center or maintenance vehicle.
8The field element shall provide environmental sensor equipment fault indication to the controlling center or maintenance vehicle.
9The field element shall remotely aggregate environmental sensor data with environmental data collected from maintenance and construction vehicles.
10The field element shall provide weather and road surface condition data to centers.
11The field element shall provide weather and road surface condition data to maintenance and construction vehicles.