The Connection Between Winter and Information Systems

Abstract

The article documents a systematic literature review on the impacts of the season of winter on Information Systems. The search delivered 43 articles, of which 36 ended up to content analysis. On the contrary to the original research idea, winter seems to have no whatsoever impact on information systems, at least according to our sample. On the contrary, information systems are used to support key society activities in winter conditions. According to the findings the most important areas are road and airport maintenance and management in winter conditions, and increasing of wheat crops in winter time.

Appendix: The Entries Accepted for Content Analysis (n = 36)

	Article	Forum	Area	Topic
1	Abdi, A., Lind, H., & Birgisson, B. (2012). Use of Road Weather Information System (RWIS) as assistive tool for effective winter road maintenance: Technical and contractual interactions’. International journal of engineering and technology, 2(12), 2002–2012.	Journal	Logistics	Road maintenance
2	Burkheimer, D. (2000). Iowa DOT weather information system to support winter maintenance operations. MID-CONTINENT TRANSPORTATION SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS	Conference paper	Logistics	Road maintenance
3	Çelik, A. D. E. Determination Of Ornithological Richness Of Erçek Lake, Dönemeç And Bendimahi Deltas (Van/Turkey) In Winter Season And Mapping With Geographic Information System. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC & TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH VOLUME 6, ISSUE 04, APRIL 2017	Journal	Biology	Ornitology
4	Harbaugh, C. R., & Norville, J. M. (2020). Winter Severity Index: Using Road Weather Information System Data to Improve Preparedness for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. Paper presented at the 100th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting.	Conference paper	Logistics	Road maintenance
5	Hu, J., Wang, Q., Sadek, A. W., & Wang, Z. (2013). Transportation System Performance Under Inclement Winter Weather: Perspectives from Weather-Induced Multiple Hazard Situations and Traveler Information. Transportation Research Board 92nd Annual Meeting	Conference paper	Logistics	Road maintenance
6	Kochumman, G., & Nixon, W. (2003). A Prototype System to Extract Winter Weather Information for Road Users. International journal of the computer, the internet and management, 11(1), 42–50.	Journal	Logistics	Road maintenance
7	Kramberger, T. (2015). A Contribution to Better Organized Winter Road Maintenance by Integrating the Model in a Geographic Information System. In Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition (pp. 5431–5441): IGI Global.	Book	Logistics	Road maintenance
8	Kurihara, T., Takebayashi, Y., & Oka, T. (2001). Field Test of Residential Remote-care System for Elderly People-Measuremental Study on Housing Indoor Environment and the Information Feedback in Winter. TRANSACTIONS-SOCIETY OF HEATING AIR CONDITIONING AND SANITARY ENGINEERS OF JAPAN, 77–88.	Journal	Housing	Indoor environment
9	Kwon, T. J., Fu, L., & Melles, S. J. (2017). Location optimization of road weather information system (RWIS) network considering the needs of winter road maintenance and the traveling public. Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, 32(1), 57–71.	Journal	Logistics	Road maintenance
10	Köck, K., Paulitsch, H., Randeu, W., Teschl, R., & Perschl, G. (2006). WIIS-Weather Image Information System: A new weather information and early warning system for winter road maintenance. Paper presented at the World Road Association AIPCR, XII International Winter Road Congress.	Conference paper	Logistics	Road maintenance
11	LIANG, L., CHEN, Y.-q., GAO, W.-s., SUI, P., & CHEN, D.-d. (2009). 2, ZHANG Wei1 (1. Circular Agriculture Research Center, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; 2. Agricultural Information Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China); Life Cycle Environmental Impact Assessment in Winter Wheat-Summer Maize System in North China Plain [J]. Journal of Agro-Environment Science, 8.	Journal	Agriculture	Crops management
12	Mahoney, W. (2001). An Advanced Weather Information Decision Support System for winter Road Maintenance. Paper presented at the 8th World Congress on Intelligent Transport SystemsITS America, ITS Australia, ERTICO (Intelligent Transport Systems and Services-Europe).	Conference paper	Logistics	Road maintenance
13	Mahoney, W., & Myers, W. (2003). The Winter Road Maintenance Decision Support System (MDSS) Project Update and Future Plans, Preprints, 19th Conf. on Interactive Information and Processing Systems, Long Beach, CA. Amer. Meteor. Soc, 10.	Conference paper	Logistics	Road maintenance
14	Matsuzawa, M., Kajiya, Y., & Yamagiwa, Y. (2005). Survey on the Effectiveness of Snowstorm Information Provision in the Winter Road Maintenance Decision Support System. Paper presented at the 12th World Congress on Intelligent Transport SystemsITS AmericaITS JapanERTICO.	Conference paper	Logistics	Road maintenance
15	MINBASHI, M. M., RAHIMIAN, M. H., BAGHESTANI, M., ALI, Z. M., KHEIRKHAH, M., NAZER, K. S., & DIEHJI, A. (2013). DETERMINATION THE PHENOLOGY AND USING GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS) FOR MANAGEMENT WINTER WILD OAT (AVENA LUDOVICIANA) IN WHEAT FIELDS.	Journal	Agriculture	Crops management
16	Mohammed, S., Alsafadi, K., Ali, H., Mousavi, S. M. N., Kiwan, S., Hennawi, S., . . . Ali, R. (2020). Assessment of land suitability potentials for winter wheat cultivation by using a multi criteria decision Support-Geographic information system (MCDS-GIS) approach in Al-Yarmouk Basin (S syria). Geocarto International, 1–19.	Journal	Agriculture	Crops management
17	Motoda, Y., Fujishima, K., & Ogata, Y. (2000). Road surface condition information system for the winter season. Paper presented at the 7th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems.	Conference paper	Logistics	Road maintenance
18	Nagata, Y., Hagiwara, T., Araki, K., Kaneda, Y., & Sasaki, H. (2008). Application of road visibility information system to winter maintenance. Transportation Research Record, 2055(1), 128–138.	Journal	Logistics	Road maintenance
19	Nelson, R. J. (2009). Information Flow System for Winter Service. Routes/Roads, 342.	Journal	Logistics	Road maintenance
20	Ohiro, T., Takakura, K., Maruyama, T., & Morinaga, H. (2014). EFFICIENT WINTER ROAD MANAGEMENT USING A CONTACT AREA INFORMATION SENSING (CAIS)-BASED ROAD SURFACE CONDITION JUDGMENT SYSTEM. PIARC. Paper presented at the XIV INTERNATIONAL WINTER ROAD CONGRESS, Session T5-5.	Conference paper	Logistics	Road maintenance
21	Oshima, J. (2000). Outline of a mobile collection system of winter road surface information. Journal of Snow Engineering of Japan, 16(2), 109–110.	Journal	Logistics	Road maintenance
22	Pasero, E., Moniaci, W., & Raimondo, G. (2008). AWIS: An airport winter information system. Proceedings of the XIV Standing International Road Weather Commission (SIRWEC), Prague, Czech Republic, 14–16.	Conference paper	Logistics	Airport management
23	Paulitsch, H., & Perschl, G. (2005). An automatic Weather Information System for Airport Winter Operation. Paper presented at the SWIFT 2005.	Conference paper	Logistics	Airport management
24	Paulitsch, H., Perschl, G., & Randeu, W. (2008). WIIS–A versatile weather information and warning system for the winter service on roads and airports, for traffic control and air safety improvement. Paper presented at the Proceedings of The Lakeside Conference-Safety in Mobility 2008.	Conference paper	Logistics	Airport management Road maintenance
25	Rea, R. V., Svendsen, J. D., & Massicotte, H. B. (2017). Combining photography and a geographic information system to measure winter browse use. Alces: A Journal Devoted to the Biology and Management of Moose, 52, 67–72.	Journal	Biology	Browse use of trees and shrubs
26	Sha, S., Zhang, M., Wang, W., Zhong, Z., Hong, S., & Li, M. (2014). A remote monitoring system for winter jujube environment and growth information. Paper presented at the 2014 Montreal, Quebec Canada July 13–July 16, 2014.	Conference paper	Agriculture	Crops management
27	Sukuvaara, T., Mäenpää, K., Stepanova, D., & Karsisto, V. (2020). Vehicular Networking Road Weather Information System Tailored for Arctic Winter Conditions. International Journal of Communication Networks and Information Security, 12(2), 281–288.	Journal	Logistics	Road maintenance
28	Sukuvaara, T., Mäenpää, K., Ylitalo, R., Konttaniemi, H., Petäjäjärvi, J., Veskoniemi, J., & Autioniemi, M. (2015). Vehicular networking road weather information system tailored for arctic winter conditions. International Journal of Communication Networks and Information Security, 7(1), 60.	Journal	Logistics	Road maintenance
29	Šváb, P., Korba, P., Albert, M., & Kolesár, J. (2019). Information system to support the management of winter airport maintenance. Paper presented at the 2019 New Trends in Aviation Development (NTAD).	Journal	Logistics	Airport management
30	Wei, Y. (2007). 2, Wang Xiu1, Ma Wei1, Li Min-zan2 (1. National Engineering Research Center for Information Technology in Agriculture, Beijing 100097, China; 2. Key Laboratory of Modern Precision Agriculture System Integration Research, Ministry of Education, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China); Variable-rate fertilizing for winter wheat based on canopy spectral reflectance [J]. Journal of Jilin University (Engineering and Technology Edition), 6.	Journal	Agriculture	Crops management
31	WU, Q.-w., XING, W., MA, L.-h., & XU, Q.-h. (2010). The research and establishment of sports event information system model for Harbin 24th winter universiade. Journal of Qiqihar University (Natural Science Edition)(1), 20.	Journal	Sport	Event management
32	Xing, Q., Wu, B., Zhu, W., & Lu, S. (2013). The improvement of et calculation in winter by introducing radar-based aerodynamic roughness information into ETWatch system. Paper presented at the 2013 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium-IGARSS.	Conference paper	Geoscience	evapotranspiration (ET) calculation
33	Yaitskaya, N., Lychagina, Y., & Berdnikov, S. (2014). The ice conditions study of the Caspian Sea during the winter periods 2008–2010 using satellite monitoring data and geographical information system. Fresenius Environmental Bulletin, 23(11), 2771–2777.	Journal	Logistics	Waterway management
34	Yansheng, D. (2012). 1, Chen Hongping 2, Wang Huifang 1, 3, Gu Xiaohe 1, Wang Jihua 1 (1. Beijing Research Center for Information Technology in Agriculture, Beijing 100097, China; 2. Key Laboratory of Regional Climate-Environment Research for Temperate East Asia, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China; 3. Institute of Agricultural Remote Sensing and Information System Application, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China); Assessing freeze injury to winter wheat with multi-temporal HJ-1 satellite imagery [J]. Transactions of the Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering, 20	Journal	Agriculture	Crops management
35	Yoon, G.-Y., Kim, N.-H., Choi, H.-K., Jung, D.-Y., Choi, S.-H., & Kim, G.-T. (2011). A winter road weather information system using ubiquitous sensor network. Journal of Korea Multimedia Society, 14(3), 392–402.	Journal	Logistics	Road maintenance
36	ÖCAL, S., & USUL, N. (2006). DEVELOPING A GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR SARIKAMIŞ WINTER TOURISM CENTER.	Conference paper	Tourism	Winter tourism support