Ground-Based and Airborne Remote Sensing of Inflight Aircraft Icing Conditions 2000-01-2112
NASA, the FAA, DoD, and NOAA have teamed with industry and academia to develop a capability to detect icing conditions ahead of aircraft using onboard or ground-based remote sensing systems. The goal of the program is to provide pilots with sufficient information to allow avoidance of icing. Information displayed to the pilot, as a measure of icing potential, will be useful in assessing the risk of entering the sensed conditions. This requires measurement and mapping of cloud microphysical parameters, especially cloud and precipitation liquid water content, droplet size and temperature, with range. Remote measurement of cloud microphysical conditions has been studied for years. However, this is the largest focused program devoted to remotely detect aircraft icing conditions. Primary funding sources are NASA Aerospace Operations Systems, the FAA Aviation Weather Research Program and William J. Hughes Technical Center, and the DoD#x0027;s Army Corps of Engineers Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory. This paper explains the goals and accomplishments of this program, and how intended final products will contribute to aviation safety.
Citation: Ryerson,, C., Koenig,, G., Reehorst,, A., and Pace,, D., "Ground-Based and Airborne Remote Sensing of Inflight Aircraft Icing Conditions," SAE Technical Paper 2000-01-2112, 2000, https://doi.org/10.4271/2000-01-2112. Download Citation
Author(s):
Charles C. Ryerson,, George G. Koenig,, Andrew L. Reehorst,, David J. Pace,
Affiliated:
U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab, NASA Glenn Research Center, SAIC-GSC, FAA Aviation Weather Research, TAC
Pages: 10
Event:
Advances In Aviation Safety Conference & Exposition
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
SAE 2000 Transactions Journal of Aerospace-V109-1
Related Topics:
Remote sensing
Icing and ice detection
Aircraft
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