Research Article

Methodology to Forecast Road Surface Temperature with Principal Components Analysis and Partial Least-Square Regression: Application to an Urban Configuration

Table 4

data for RST forecast based on the coupling of PCA and PLS for RST forecast.

DateThermal fingerprint dataMétéo France data
Start time thermal fingerprint at start time and start point (°C)Provided (°C) and timeCalculated at start time (°C)

2012-12-118:30 a.m.2.10.6, 6:00 a.m./0.8, 9:00 a.m.0.7

2013-03-221:30 p.m.2.7−1.3, 12:00 a.m./4.9, 3:00 p.m.3.1