1	Clarus Regional Demonstrations Brenda Boyce, PMP Mixon Hill, Inc. Road Weather Stakeholder Meeting Albuquerque, New Mexico September 8, 2011
2	Mixon Hill Team Participating Agencies Iowa DOT Illinois DOT Indiana DOT Subconsultants National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) KMJ Consulting, Inc. Avaya Government Solutions (formally Nortel) Athey Creek Consultants
3	UC #3: Non-winter Maintenance & Operations Decision Support Tool - Objectives
4	Observation Map Data Sources Near Real-time Observations Clarus METAR - NWS Earthquake - USGS Alerts - NWS Gridded Forecasts WRF - NCAR NDFD – NWS Site Specific Forecasts RWFS - NCAR Metro - NCAR
5	Observation Details Click on a station or forecast point Observation Type Value Unit Expires The time that the system will no longer use the observation during processing Miscellaneous The station description
6	Show Observations Select one or more data sources Select one or more observation types Select Show Obs Current observations will appear next to the station, if available
7	NWS Radar
8	NWS Satellite
9	NWS Alerts
10	UC #3: Non-winter Maintenance & Operations Decision Support Tool - Objectives Expand decision support beyond snow and ice control Incorporate Clarus data to assist maintenance, operations, and construction-related scheduling decisions Provide the framework to bridge the current gap between the road weather information and the proactive decision-making process
11	Define Weather Related Practice
12	Define Weather Related Practice Define or select the activity group and activity Define the activity description and the default activity message Define the evaluation parameters
13	Plan an Activity Define location Define activity Define the activity duration Select “View Times” Select “Edit Emails” Select “Modify WRP” Repeat Activity
14	Schedule the Activity
15	Temporarily Modify the WRP
16	View Active Plans Screen shows all of the plans that are active Name of Plan Start time of the plan Description of the plan Links view additional times Edit the plan Delete the plan
17	WRP Forecast View the schedules available for a number of activity types at a selected location A specific activity group can be selected to limit the number of schedules displayed All activity types in the system can be evaluated
18	WRP Forecast Results
19	Run Report Select a location Select the source(s) Select the observation type(s) Select the start and end date Create the project name for the report Run the report
20	Current Reports
21	What did the project team learn from their experience? What were the key findings? Selecting a method to establish weather-related practices was difficult Training would be crucial and would have to be included in the roll out. For inexperienced supervisors, this tool would be invaluable to them. It would be nice to have a better weather info/forecast interface.
22	UC #4: Multi-state Control Strategy Tool - Objectives Provide data and strategies which will improve the coordination between agencies with respect to the imposition of controls and dissemination of associated advisories This coordination will assist agencies in proactively responding to situations, allow for timely dissemination of safety-related information, and thus mitigate the impact to travelers
23	Set up a Conference
24	Define Strategy
25	Set Up Evaluation Parameters Set up the observation evaluation up the same of use case #3 Additional observations can be shown outside of the evaluation
26	Set up Actions Set up the messages that you want sent out when the parameters evaluate to true and to false
27	Conference Overview Displays all active conferences Ability to view all messages Ability to post additional messages Ability to view observations associated with message, if applicable
28	Monitor Results
29	Conference Details
30	Mobile Phone Application
31	What did the project team learn from their experience? What were the key findings? Coordination between agencies outside the DOTs is very difficult New processes (especially a proof-of-concept) becomes somewhat lost during real-time incidents especially in the field The accuracy of the real-time warnings were excellent and timely
32	Contacts Paul Pisano FHWA, Road Weather Management Team 202-366-1301 Paul.Pisano@dot.gov U.S. DOT Brenda Boyce, PMP 913-239-8400 Brenda.Boyce@mixonhill.com Bryan Krueger 913-239-8400 Bryan.Krueger@mixonhill.com Chris Hill, Principal 540-822-9717 Chris.Hill@mixonhill.com Mixon Hill