Field Tests of a Surface Ice Accretion Measurement System

Download or read book Field Tests of a Surface Ice Accretion Measurement System written by Paul Tattelman and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rosemont ice detectors were installed at four New England locations to collect information on their response to icing near the earth's surface. Data were collected for 11 icing events during the 1979-80 winter season. These included, for each icing event, the recorded output o the ice detectors, the mass, thickness and physical properties o the ice on a control cylinder, and meteorological conditions pertinent to the field tests. The data were analyzed to determine how accurately ice amounts on the cylinder could be estimated from the output of the ice detectors. Results indicate that the detector would be excellent for objectively estimating icing amounts on a cylinder for in-cloud icing on mountaintops. A slight modification and further testing is necessary to best use the instrument to estimate icing amounts from freezing rain or drizzle. A method for making standardized observations of the mass and thickness of ice on cylinders with varying diameters is also presented. (Author).