Each year, a number of new project ideas are fostered within the Aurora Program. They are then reviewed by the Executive Board for areas of common interest. Through this process, an annual work plan is developed that outlines the projects Aurora will fund in the coming year.
Projects currently underway within Aurora include
- Benchmarking the Performance of RWIS Forecasts
- Cold Weather Testing of the Halliday Road Grip Unit
- Development and Demonstration of a Freezing Drizzle Algorithm for ESS
- Development of a National Road Weather Testing Facility
- Development of an RWIS Quality Assurance Monitoring System
- Evaluation of the Utah DOT Weather Operations/RWIS Program
- Evaluation of Vaisala Spectro Pavement Sensor
- Incorporation of MDSS into Winter Weather Forecasting - Phase I
- Intelligent Image-Based Winter Road Condition Sensor - Phase III
- Low Cost Mobile RWIS
- Mobile Weather and Road Condition Reporting
- Multiple-Use ITS Data Collection Sites
- New Road Condition Sensor
- Next Generation RWIS for Canada
- Off-the-Shelf Component RWIS
- Pilot Test of ESS Sensor Testing Guidelines
- RWIS Equipment Monitoring System - Phase II
- RWIS Leverage Opportunities
- RWIS Telecommunication Issues and Options
- Support of the Clarus Initiative
- Technology Transfer of Alternative Inexpensive RWIS
- Technology Transfer of Swedish RWIS to North America
- Update of SHRP H-350 and H-351
- Using RWIS to Trigger Spring Load Restrictions
- Winter Weather Severity Index Enhancements