Initial Results from Radiometer and Polarimetric Radar-based Icing Algorithms Compared to In-situ Data NCAR

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Serke, Serke, author.

Contributor:

King, Michael

Reehorst, Andrew

Conference Name:

SAE 2015 International Conference on Icing of Aircraft, Engines, and Structures (2015-06-22 : Prague, Czech Republic)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 2015

Summary:

In early 2015, a field campaign was conducted at the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. The purpose of the campaign is to test several prototype algorithms meant to detect the location and severity of in-flight icing (or icing aloft, as opposed to ground icing) within the terminal airspace. Terminal airspace for this project is currently defined as within 25 kilometers horizontal distance of the terminal, which in this instance is Hopkins International Airport in Cleveland.Two new and improved algorithms that utilize ground-based remote sensing instrumentation have been developed and were operated during the field campaign. The first is the NASA Icing Remote Sensing System', or NIRSS. The second algorithm is the Radar Icing Algorithm', or RadIA. In addition to these algorithms, which were derived from ground-based remote sensors, in-situ icing measurements of the profiles of supercooled liquid water (SLW) collected with vibrating wire sondes attached to weather balloons produced a comprehensive database for comparison. Key fields from the SLW-sondes include air temperature, humidity and liquid water content, cataloged by time and 3-D location.This work gives an overview of the NIRSS and RadIA products and results are compared to in-situ SLW-sonde data from one icing case study. The location and quantity of supercooled liquid as measured by the insitu probes provide a measure of the utility of these prototype hazard-sensing algorithms

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Publisher Number:

2015-01-2153

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