Estimating maximum aircraft icing environments using a large data base of in-situ observations

Collection of Technical Papers - 44th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages 3268-3281

  Cober, Stewart G ^a   Isaac, George A ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; PROBABILITY; SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL; WATER CONTENT; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

AIRCRAFT ICING; LIQUID WATER CONTENT (LWC); RESEARCH AIRCRAFTS;

AIRCRAFT;

EID: 34250738884     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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