Change Characteristics and Forecast Research of Road Surface Temperature on Huyu Expressway (Hubei Section).

In this paper, the monitoring data of road surface temperature, air temperature, wind speed, wind direction, relative humidity and precipitation from the automatic weather stations of Hurongxi, Hanyi, Wuhuang and Huanghuang on Huyu expressway from June 2013 to August 2014 were used to Investigate the change characteristics of different sections' road surface temperatures in different seasons and sky conditions. The forecast models of the maximum and minimum road surface temperatures were established on different sections by statistical analysis methods, and the forecast results were verified. The results showed that the road surface temperature and air temperature of Hurongxi, Hanyi, Wuhuang and Huanghuang displayed obvious diurnal variation, but the difference between the road surface temperature and air temperature was larger. Compared with the other three sections, the maximum difference between the road surface temperature and air temperature on Hurongxi increased in winter and decreased in summer overall. The road surface temperature was close to air temperature on Hurongxi after sunset on sunny to cloudy and overcast in winter, while less than air temperature on Hanyi, Wuhuang and Huanghuang. The air temperature was less than road surface temperature on the four sections on rainy day and significant on Hurongxi. In summer, the air temperature was less than road surface temperature on the four sections under three sky conditions and the difference between them in afternoon was the biggest on sunny to cloudy and overcast. The road surface temperature was very close to each other among the four sections in January, while which was rising with the decrease of altitude in April, July and October. The forecast result of the road surface temperature was close to actual result on Hurongxi and Huanghuang, so which can be for reference. But there were some big errors between the forecast result and actual result in several timings on Hanyi and Wuhuang, so the forecast result should be corrected for actual business work. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]