CLIMATIC MAPPING OF ICE LOADS BASED ON AIRPORT WEATHER OBSERVATIONS

Authors
MAKKONEN L AHTI K
Citation
L. Makkonen et K. Ahti, CLIMATIC MAPPING OF ICE LOADS BASED ON AIRPORT WEATHER OBSERVATIONS, Atmospheric research, 36(3-4), 1995, pp. 185-193
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Metereology & Atmospheric Sciences
Journal title
Atmospheric research → ACNP
ISSN journal
01698095
Volume
36
Issue
3-4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
185 - 193
Database
ISI
SICI code
0169-8095(1995)36:3-4<185:CMOILB>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
Methods to construct climatic ice load risk maps for rime ice, ice due to freezing precipitation, and wet snow are described. Results of an analysis of icing risk in Finland are presented, This analysis is base d on 23 years of data from the airports. The results are used in study ing the effect of the elevation of the site on the severity of rime ic ing. It is shown that rime ice loads correlate much more strongly with the elevation in relation to the surrounding terrain than with the el evation as measured from the sea level.