TMC Environmental Monitoring Functional Area
Description
Management of environmental sensors and assimilation of collected data with other current and forecast road conditions and surface weather information from weather service providers and roadway maintenance operations.
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Functional Requirements
| ID | Requirement |
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| 1 | The center shall remotely control environmental sensors that measure road surface temperature, moisture, icing, salinity, and other measures. |
| 2 | The center shall remotely control environmental sensors that measure weather conditions including temperature, wind, humidity, precipitation, and visibility. |
| 3 | The center shall assimilate current and forecast road conditions and surface weather information using a combination of weather service provider information (such as the National Weather Service and value-added sector specific meteorological services), data from roadway maintenance operations, and environmental data collected from sensors deployed on and about the roadway. |
| 4 | The center shall provide weather and road condition information to weather service providers and center personnel. |
| 5 | The center shall respond to control data from center personnel regarding environmental sensor control and weather data collection and processing. |