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• IP0248 - Hoarfrost in Winter Maintenance – the underestimated “danger”: Measurement, Prediction & Control
  Markus HOFFMANN , Valentin DONEV , Georg STEYRER , Szilard POLYANYI , Heimo BERGHOLD , Thomas KRITZER , Heimo MAIER-FARKAS
  Individual paper (pdf - 1.3MB)

  Winter maintenance as a key task of road operators ensures accessibility and safety during the winter. With an average of 15 to 25 snowfall events and 40 to 60 days with hoarfrost in Austria, the key challenge is choosing an optimal strategy with timing, application rates, and share of brine for each treatment run. Furthermore, due to climate change snowfall events are declining with hoarfrost and [...]