Finnish Road Weather Excellence: Proud of Our SnowHow

Snow is something Finns are used to, every winter. With this kind of experience in dealing with winter weather, there are many Finnish companies providing solutions to customers who need to deal with the effects of snow or ice effectively in order to ensure safety and continuity of operations.

在芬兰，这被称为Snowhow，这是一个伞，甚至是一种哲学，对于涉及雪，冰和寒冷天气的各种专业知识。

如果没有有效处理雪和冰条件，那么对经济和整个社会的影响将是巨大的。道路交通对于物流至关重要，如果社区在冬季条件下正常运作，在极端条件下确保安全可靠的运输至关重要。关闭主要公路将迅速削弱地区的物流网络。

“On average in the U.S. 1,511,000 vehicle crashes and 7,130 fatalities in these crashes are due to adverse weather.”

– U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration

与行业专家合作

Firwe或Finnish Road Excallence是一个合作项目，旨在创建一个单一的共同平台，结合了芬兰广泛的体验以及在观察交通，天气状况以及道路维护和运营方面的专业知识。Firwe汇集了不同的参与者，以生产和出口雪高，向缺乏物流和其他运营中的雪和冰的适当措施和知识的市场。FIRWE的其他合作伙伴包括道路维护设备制造商，气象服务提供商，软件开发人员，技术和天气专家，道路当局和监管机构。

KimmoKynnös，商业Development Manager at Vaisala, describes the co-operation as win-win for all parties. Everyone has something to bring to the FIRWE table. Vaisala’s many strengths include the best road weather monitoring equipment on the market, the required software development and a global distribution network.

“It takes ten times more road salt to treat a road after freezing has set in than pre-treating the surface before it happens”

维护操作员的决策支持

Productizing the shared knowledge of the FIRWE partners is one of the key outcomes of the FIRWE collaboration. One of Vaisala´s tangible contributions alongside its role as leading expert is the creation of software that visually shows the state of the road network in real time and what the network will look like with or without the recommended treatment in the immediate period ahead. “The system simulates current and forecasted road conditions and indicates the recommended measures so that the operator can best decide how to proceed,” says Kynnös. This is possible with accurate forecasts for each road weather station in the network and by using mobile devices on trucks that continuously monitor the road surface on a specific route. “We are in the middle, between the observations and the road network operator. Our role is to provide the most accurate data possible to enable operators to make the right decisions,” he continues.

重要的是，可以提前计划道路网络的治疗方法。如果将道路表面冻结，或者更糟的是，如果它充满了雪，则维护操作将无法为驾驶员提供安全的条件。用重型机械或应用治疗化学品从道路上刮冰不仅昂贵，而且在环境上是一个糟糕的选择。因此，能够准确地预测需要的道路网络状态和直接进行预处理资源，将使道路操作员领先一步。