Thule Air Base Airfield White Painting and Permafrost Investigation. Phases I-IV

• Main Author: Bjella, Kevin
• Other Authors: ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER HANOVER NH COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Terminal Flight Facilities; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; Coatings; Colorants and Finishes; *LANDING FIELDS; *PAINTS; *PERMAFROST; ASPHALT; CLIMATE; DRAINAGE; DRILLING; FIELD TESTS; GEOLOGY; GEOPHYSICS; GLACIOLOGY; ICE; INSULATION; MILITARY FACILITIES; PREVENTION; REPAIR; SOLUTIONS(GENERAL); TERRAIN MODELS; THAWING; WHITE(COLOR); ALTERNATIVES; *WHITE PAINTING; AIRFIELDS; Greenland; Thule Air Base; Ice; permafrost; Thule Air; Thule
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA583138; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA583138

In the late 1950s, white painting of the airfield at Thule Air Base, Greenland, was started to prevent thawing of ice-rich native permafrost soils that had caused localized depressions in the runway and taxiways. Unfortunately, the painting reduces the braking ability of the aircraft, and increases...