NASA and the FAA conducted two flight campaigns to quantify onboard weather radar measurements with in-situ measurements of high concentrations of ice crystals found in deep convective storms. The ultimate goal of this research was to improve the understanding and develop onboard weather radar processing to detect regions of high ice water content ahead of an aircraft and enable tactical avoidance of the potentially hazardous conditions. Both High Ice Water Content (HIWC) RADAR campaigns utilized the NASA DC-8 Airborne Science Laboratory which was equipped with a Honeywell RDR-4000 weather radar and icing instruments to characterize the ice crystals clouds. The purpose of this paper is to summarize how these campaigns were conducted and highlight key results.


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    Title :

    Summary of the High Ice Water Content (HIWC) RADAR Flight Campaigns



    Conference:

    SAE International Conference on Icing of Aircraft, Engines, and Structures ; 2019 ; Minneapolis, MN, United States


    Publication date :

    2019-06-17


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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