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Aircraft Icing Potential And Ice- And Mixed-Phase Cloud Microphysics, Victoria A. Walker, Dorothea Ivanova
Aircraft Icing Potential And Ice- And Mixed-Phase Cloud Microphysics, Victoria A. Walker, Dorothea Ivanova
Aviation / Aeronautics / Aerospace International Research Conference
Abstract
Cold cloud interactions with aircrafts that fly through them require knowledge of cloud microphysics. Aircrafts must be designed to fly into supercooled clouds, or they must avoid those clouds in order to prevent problems associated with airframe and engine icing. De-icing or anti-icing systems must be engineered to withstand reasonable extremes in terms of ice water content (IWC), supercooled liquid water content (LWC), ice particle size distributions (SDs), and temperature. The aircraft design or certification envelopes (FAR 25, Appendix C; Federal Aviation Administration, 1999) were developed before the advent of modern cloud physics instrumentation. In the case of ice …
Local Meteorological Modeling To Support Flight Training Operations, Austin D. Wardall, Melanie A. Wetzel
Local Meteorological Modeling To Support Flight Training Operations, Austin D. Wardall, Melanie A. Wetzel
Aviation / Aeronautics / Aerospace International Research Conference
Spatial and temporal variability in atmospheric conditions directly impact pilot safety and training objectives. Specific conditions of frequent concern to the ERAU Prescott flight training operations include boundary layer wind shear and turbulence. These conditions are most common during spring and summer months due to vertical wind shear, unstable air temperature profiles and thunderstorm-produced gust fronts. Case study comparisons of a high resolution meteorological forecasting model can demonstrate the value of operational modeling in support of a flight training program.
Campus-Based Training In Airborne Atmospheric Research, Melanie Wetzel, Dorothea Ivanova
Campus-Based Training In Airborne Atmospheric Research, Melanie Wetzel, Dorothea Ivanova
Aviation / Aeronautics / Aerospace International Research Conference
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) campus in Prescott, Arizona will conduct an aircraft measurement program during Spring Semester 2014 to introduce students in meteorology, aeronautical sciences and other departments to airborne scientific research technology and research flight logistics. The ERAU Department of Meteorology has support from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences for an educational deployment of the University of Wyoming King Air (UWKA).