A STUDY OF MINIMUM VISIBILITY ROADS CONDITIONS IN RAINY WEATHER

Elchin B. Iskenderzade
National Aerospace Agency, Baku, Azerbaijan

Elshan R. Rahimov
Baku Higher Oil School, Baku, Azerbaijan

Jeyhun R. Rahimov
Azerbaijan Technical University, Baku, Azerbaijan

DOI: 10.36724/2664-066X-2025-11-3-2-6

SYNCHROINFO JOURNAL. Volume 11, Number 3 (2025). P. 2-6.

Abstract

This article examines the conditions for minimum visibility on roads during rainy weather. Problems of finding a semi-empirical relationship between meteorological visibility on roads and the visibility range for drivers in rainy weather are discussed and solved. Problems of determining the conditions for minimum visibility range for drivers in rainy weather are also solved. A semi-empirical expression linking meteorological visibility and the visibility range for drivers during rain is derived. It is determined that in rainy weather, with a positive regression relationship between background illumination and rain intensity, the visibility range for drivers is reduced to a minimum.

Keywords:  rain intensity, background illumination, meteorological visibility, regression relationship, optimization

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