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Preliminary Findings of Inflight Icing Field Test to Support Icing Remote Sensing Technology AssessmentNASA and the National Center for Atmospheric Research have developed an icing remote sensing technology that has demonstrated skill at detecting and classifying icing hazards in a vertical column above an instrumented ground station. This technology has recently been extended to provide volumetric coverage surrounding an airport. Building on the existing vertical pointing system, the new method for providing volumetric coverage will utilize a vertical pointing cloud radar, a multifrequency microwave radiometer with azimuth and elevation pointing, and a NEXRAD radar. The new terminal area icing remote sensing system processes the data streams from these instruments to derive temperature, liquid water content, and cloud droplet size for each examined point in space. These data are then combined to ultimately provide icing hazard classification along defined approach paths into an airport.
Document ID
20150019752
Acquisition Source
Glenn Research Center
Document Type
Presentation
Authors
King, Michael (NASA Glenn Research Center Cleveland, OH United States)
Reehorst, Andrew (NASA Glenn Research Center Cleveland, OH United States)
Serke, Dave (National Center for Atmospheric Research Boulder, CO, United States)
Date Acquired
October 27, 2015
Publication Date
June 22, 2015
Subject Category
Earth Resources And Remote Sensing
Air Transportation And Safety
Report/Patent Number
GRC-E-DAA-TN23292
Meeting Information
Meeting: 2015 SAE International Conference on Icing of Aircraft, Engines, and Structures
Location: Prague
Country: Czechoslovakia
Start Date: June 22, 2015
End Date: June 25, 2015
Sponsors: Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc.
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNC12BA01B
WBS: WBS 648987.02.04.03.10
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.
Keywords
remote sensors
flight test
Aircraft Icing

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