Climate Zone

The following controls, located on the Input -> Project Information Page, are used to specify the climate zone for the pavement project.

CalME suggests an appropriate climate zone based on the location of the center of the pavement project. You may select something other than the Suggested value. Currently, California is divided into nine climate zones and every state route has climate zone markers on it, by postmile.

The climate zone is used to obtain the seasonal and hourly variation of surface temperature for the pavement project. The surface temperature is used to find temperatures within the pavement structure using a 1D finite element analysis during the ME simulation.

The question mark in the blue circle in the upper-right of the control group allows you to get help on the controls (this topic).