A new narrow-beam, multi-frequency, scanning radiometer and its application to in-flight icing detection

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• 作者：David J. Serke^a ; ^{serke@ncar.edu} ; Kimberly A. Reed^b ; ^a ; ^{k.reed@radiometrics.com} ; James Negus^b ; ^{james.negus@radiometrics.com} ; Levi Blanchette^b ; ^{l.blanchette@radiometrics.com} ; Randolph Ware^b ; ^a ; ^{randolph.ware@radiometrics.com} ; Patrick C. Kennedy^c ; ^{pat@chill.colostate.edu}
• 关键词：In-flight icing ; Supercooled liquid water ; Aviation hazard ; Icing detection and avoidance ; Microwave radiometer ; Terrain mapping
• 刊名：Atmospheric Research
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：1 March 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：185
• 期：Complete
• 页码：84-91
• 全文大小：2879 K
• 卷排序：185

文摘

A new 1°‘ beamwidth’, multi-frequency radiometer was built, calibrated and tested. Passive instrument successfully detected the presence/absence of in-flight icing. The instrument has also proven capable of terrain detection in obscured conditions.