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Flight tests of a clear-air turbulence alerting system

Published 2016-06-06 From Legacy CDMS 3 authors
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Abstract

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The detection of clear-air turbulence (CAT) ahead of an aircraft in real-time by an infrared (IR) radiometer is discussed. It is noted that the alter time and reliability depend on the band-pass of the IR filter used and on the altitude of the aircraft. Results of flights tests indicate that a bandpass of 20 to 40 microns appears optimal for altering the aircraft crew to CAT at times before encounter of 2 to 9 min. Alert time increases with altitude, as the atmospheric absorption determining the horizontal weighting is reduced.

Authors

  • Kurkowski, R. L. NASA Ames Research Center
  • Kuhn, P. M. Raven Systems and Research, Inc.
  • Stearns, L. P. NOAA

Citation: Kurkowski, R. L., Kuhn, P. M., Stearns, L. P. (2016). Flight tests of a clear-air turbulence alerting system. Legacy CDMS. NASA NTRS ID 19810010526. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19810010526 ↗