Research Article

Impacts of Fog Characteristics, Forward Illumination, and Warning Beacon Intensity Distribution on Roadway Hazard Visibility

Table 2

Backscattered luminance caused by headlights for different headlight source intensities, visibility ranges, and scattering coefficients.

Forward light source intensity (cd)Visibility range (m)Scattering coefficient ()Backscattered luminance (cd/m2)

30,000500.34.57
0.80.58
2000.32.17
0.80.36
6000.30.87
0.80.13

100,000500.315.32
0.83.03
2000.37.27
0.81.18
6000.32.96
0.80.46