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Weather Features Associated with Aircraft Icing Conditions: A Case Study
Joint Authors
García-Ortega, Eduardo
Sánchez, José Luis
López, Laura
Merino, Andrés
Fernández-González, Sergio
Gascón, Estíbaliz
Source
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-18, 18 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-02-20
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
18
Main Subjects
Medicine
Information Technology and Computer Science
Abstract EN
In the context of aviation weather hazards, the study of aircraft icing is very important because of several accidents attributed to it over recent decades.
On February 1, 2012, an unusual meteorological situation caused severe icing of a C-212-200, an aircraft used during winter 2011-2012 to study winter cloud systems in the Guadarrama Mountains of the central Iberian Peninsula.
Observations in this case were from a MP-3000A microwave radiometric profiler, which acquired atmospheric temperature and humidity profiles continuously every 2.5 minutes.
A Cloud Aerosol and Precipitation Spectrometer (CAPS) was also used to study cloud hydrometeors.
Finally, ice nuclei concentration was measured in an isothermal cloud chamber, with the goal of calculating concentrations in the study area.
Synoptic and mesoscale meteorological conditions were analysed using the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model.
It was demonstrated that topography influenced generation of a mesolow and gravity waves on the lee side of the orographic barrier, in the region where the aircraft experienced icing.
Other factors such as moisture, wind direction, temperature, atmospheric stability, and wind shear were decisive in the appearance of icing.
This study indicates that icing conditions may arise locally, even when the synoptic situation does not indicate any risk.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Fernández-González, Sergio& Sánchez, José Luis& Gascón, Estíbaliz& López, Laura& Merino, Andrés& García-Ortega, Eduardo. 2014. Weather Features Associated with Aircraft Icing Conditions: A Case Study. The Scientific World Journal،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-18.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1049038
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Fernández-González, Sergio…[et al.]. Weather Features Associated with Aircraft Icing Conditions: A Case Study. The Scientific World Journal No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-18.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1049038
American Medical Association (AMA)
Fernández-González, Sergio& Sánchez, José Luis& Gascón, Estíbaliz& López, Laura& Merino, Andrés& García-Ortega, Eduardo. Weather Features Associated with Aircraft Icing Conditions: A Case Study. The Scientific World Journal. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-18.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1049038
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1049038