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transportation weather information request (Architecture Flow*)

A request for transportation weather information that may specify the area of interest (a geographic region, particular routes within a region, specific road segments), the type of information that is required, the desired spatial resolution of the information, and time horizon.

Emergency Management Surface Transportation Weather Service

This Architecture Flow is in the following Service Packages:

• Early Warning System
• Weather Information Processing and Distribution

This Architecture Flow is in the following Equipment Packages:

• Emergency Environmental Monitoring

Data Flows*:

• tstws-trans_weather_info_request

Security Considerations:

• Weather/Environmental

Standard* Activities:

• This architecture flow is a candidate for future standardization.

Information Service Provider Surface Transportation Weather Service

This Architecture Flow is in the following Service Packages:

• Broadcast Traveler Information
• Interactive Traveler Information
• Transportation Operations Data Sharing
• Short Range Communications Traveler Information
• Disaster Traveler Information
• Weather Information Processing and Distribution

This Architecture Flow is in the following Equipment Packages:

• ISP Traveler Data Collection

Data Flows*:

• tstws-trans_weather_info_request

Security Considerations:

• Weather/Environmental

Standard* Activities:

• This architecture flow is a candidate for future standardization.

Maintenance and Construction Management Surface Transportation Weather Service

This Architecture Flow is in the following Service Packages:

• Weather Information Processing and Distribution
• Winter Maintenance
• Roadway Maintenance and Construction

This Architecture Flow is in the following Equipment Packages:

• MCM Environmental Information Processing
• MCM Roadway Maintenance and Construction
• MCM Winter Maintenance Management

Data Flows*:

• tstws-trans_weather_info_request

Security Considerations:

• Weather/Environmental

Standard* Activities:

• This architecture flow is a candidate for future standardization.

Traffic Management Surface Transportation Weather Service

This Architecture Flow is in the following Service Packages:

• Weather Information Processing and Distribution

This Architecture Flow is in the following Equipment Packages:

• TMC Environmental Monitoring

Data Flows*:

• tstws-trans_weather_info_request

Security Considerations:

• Weather/Environmental

Standard* Activities:

• NTCIP C2C: NTCIP Center-to-Center Standards Group
• ITE TMDD: Traffic Management Data Dictionary (TMDD) and Message Sets for External Traffic Management Center Communications (MS/ETMCC)

Transit Management Surface Transportation Weather Service

This Architecture Flow is in the following Service Packages:

• Weather Information Processing and Distribution

This Architecture Flow is in the following Equipment Packages:

• Transit Environmental Monitoring

Data Flows*:

• tstws-trans_weather_info_request

Security Considerations:

• Weather/Environmental

Standard* Activities:

• This architecture flow is a candidate for future standardization.