The Collection of Non-Conus Aircraft Icing Data along with an Identification of the Geographical Areas of Potential Severe Icing and a Study of a Method of Remote Determining Atmospheric Icing Data

• Main Authors: Engler, Nicholas A., Haines, Patrick A., Cerbus, Clifford A.
• Other Authors: DAYTON UNIV OH RESEARCH INST
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1988
• Subjects: Meteorology; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; *ICE FORMATION; *ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATION; DATA BASES; NATIONS; HIGH RATE; AIRCRAFT; FOREIGN; LIQUIDS; WATER; INTENSITY; MOISTURE CONTENT; FLIGHT; SURVEYS; DATA ACQUISITION; TELEMETERING DATA; GEOGRAPHIC AREAS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; REMOTE DETECTION; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA215055; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA215055

Research was conducted in three areas: 1) Survey foreign countries and retrieve whenever possible aircraft icing data that would be suitable for inclusion into the already established FAA/NRL icing data base; 2) Determine those geographical areas where icing would be a problem for aircraft; and 3) Develop an alternate data collection scheme which could be used in lieu of flying aircraft to obtain icing data. Realistic methods are discussed for identifying potentially severe icing geographical regions of the Northern Hemisphere. A useful method to calculate the liquid water content of a remote region (using satellite data) is described. The collection of nonconus aircraft is shown and data is presented.