Common snowfall conditions associated with aircraft takeoff accidents

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 110-116

  Rasmussen, Roy ^a,d   Cole, Jeff ^a,d   Moore, R K ^b,e   Kuperman, Murray ^c,f  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b United Airlines   (United States)

^c United Airlines   (United States)

^d Research Applications Program   (United States)

^e Denver International Airport   (United States)

^f San Francisco International Airport   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SNOW; VISIBILITY;

SNOWFALL INTENSITY ESTIMATION;

TAKEOFF;

EID: 0033896610     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: None     Source Type: None    
DOI: 10.2514/2.2568     Document Type: Article

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