1991 LLWAS anemometer test program

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• Creators:
  PHILIPS, CHARLES O ; Burnham, D. C. ; Jacobs, Leo ; Hazen, David
• Corporate Creators:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Aeronautics Anemometers Meteorology Meteorology In Aeronautics. Microbursts Vertical Wind Shear
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT/FAA/W/92-1 ; DOT-VNTSC-FAA-92-6
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Final report; Nov. 1990 - Sept. 1991
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration
• Abstract:
  Performance tests of anemometers under icing and snow conditions were conducted during 1990-1991 on the test field at
  
  Rochester, MN and in icing chambers and wind tunnels at Sterling, VA. These tests were done for the FAA LLWAS program
  
  to test sensors for the next phase of LLWAS.
  
  Sensors from ten manufacturers were accepted into the test program from the respondents to the Commerce Business Daily.
  
  These sensors were required first to pass an icing chamber test in order to be field tested. The field tests tasted
  
  from November 1990 to July 1991. Afterwards, all sensors were sent to Sterling, VA for wind tunnel tests in September
  
  1991.
  
  Alt units from the eight manufacturers that passed the icing chamber test were in the field test. A propeller/vane
  
  sensor that failed the icing chamber test was put in the field as a reference. All the units that passed were not
  
  affected by icing during the field test although a mechanical unit was affected by snow during one event. The
  
  propeller/vane was affected by icing during one event. Wind tunnel tests were done to check starting thresholds and
  
  calibration anomalies found in the field.
  
  It was concluded that there is no one "winning" technology that could be found from the tests.
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  A1236/FA195
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/8818/dot_8818_DS1.pdf
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