<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:contributor>Georgia. Department of Transportation. Office of Performance-Based Management and Research</dc:contributor><dc:coverage>United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018</dc:coverage><dc:creator>Durham, Stephan A.</dc:creator><dc:creator>Cetin, Bora</dc:creator><dc:creator>Schwartz, Charles W.</dc:creator><dc:creator>Forman, Barton</dc:creator><dc:creator>Gopisetti, Leela Sai Praveen</dc:creator><dc:date>2019-01</dc:date><dc:description>This study compares the predicted distresses of asphalt concrete (AC) and jointed plain concrete pavement (JPCP) using four different climate data sources: (1) ground-based weather station (GBWS) data, (2) the North American Regional Reanalysis (NARR) data, and (3 and 4) the Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications (MERRA) versions 1 and 2 (MERRA-1 and MERRA-2) data.</dc:description><dc:format>application/pdf</dc:format><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:publisher>Forest Park, Ga. : Georgia. Department of Transportation. Office of Performance-Based Management and Research</dc:publisher><dc:rights>http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/</dc:rights><dc:subject>Pavements--Performance--Testing</dc:subject><dc:subject>Pavements--Design and construction--Environmental aspects</dc:subject><dc:subject>Weather--Data processing</dc:subject><dc:subject>Bar graphs</dc:subject><dc:subject>Line graphs</dc:subject><dc:subject>Chorochromatic maps</dc:subject><dc:title>Improvement of climate data for use in MEPDG calibration and other pavement analysis</dc:title><dc:type>Text</dc:type></oai_dc:dc>