Evaluation of LTPP Climatic Data for Use in Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG) Calibration and Other Pavement Analysis

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released a tech brief that describes the use of the Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications product as an alternative climatic data source for the Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide and other transportation infrastructure applications.