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.


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    Title :

    Ground-Based and Airborne Remote Sensing of Inflight Aircraft Icing Conditions


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers



    Conference:

    Advances In Aviation Safety Conference & Exposition ; 2000



    Publication date :

    2000-04-11




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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