Session 8 Session on Advancements in the Analysis and Prediction of Aircraft Icing and Methods/Tools for Icing Mitigation

Wednesday, 15 January 2020: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Host: 20th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology
Chair:
Stephanie DiVito, FAA, Aviation Research Division, Atlantic City International Airport, NJ
CoChair:
Darcy Jacobson, NCAR, Boulder, CO

Supercooled water drops and high concentrations of small ice crystals are critical hazards for general and commercial aviation, respectively. This session will encompass research and development related to improving the analysis and prediction of environmental conditions that lead to aircraft or engine icing.  Topics may include research related to instrumentation, analysis techniques, cloud microphysical parameterizations, and/or data assimilation methods that will lead to improvements in the analysis and forecast of icing hazards including terminal icing, inflight icing and high ice water content. Studies describing recent field programs and associated analyses toward improve numerical weather prediction of aircraft icing conditions (e.g., ICICLE, HAIC, HIWC) are also encouraged.

Papers:
8:30 AM
8.1
NEXRAD Dual Polarimetric Hazard Products for Aviation
David J. Smalley, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and M. F. Donovan, E. R. Williams, B. J. Bennett, J. M. Kurdzo, and R. F. Ferris

8:45 AM
8.2
Drop Size Distribution Retrieval from Polarimetric Radar Data to Enhance the Spectral Bin Classification in Detecting Icing Conditions
Nathan T. Lis, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and H. D. Reeves, A. A. Rosenow, and G. Zhang

9:00 AM
8.3
Dual-polarization Radar Icing Algorithm (RadIA): Verification/Validation with Research Flights and Application at Military Test Ranges
David J. Serke, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Kessinger, S. A. Tessendorf, A. Korolev, I. Heckman, J. French, J. Knievel, J. A. Haggerty, and D. Albo

9:15 AM
8.4
Comparison of Airborne In-Situ Icing Observations to Icing Algorithm Output and Aviation Forecasts in the Southern Ocean
Cory A. Wolff, NCAR, Broomfield, CO; and J. A. Haggerty, D. R. Adriaansen, R. J. Potts, C. Lethlean, G. McFarquhar, and W. Wu

9:30 AM
8.5
Initial Steps Toward a Next Generation Current Icing Product Algorithm
Daniel R. Adriaansen, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. A. Haggerty, A. Rugg, and D. Serke

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