Performance-Based Ice Detection Methodology

Abstract

A novel robust ice detection methodology for the early detection of icing related flight performance degradation is presented. Based on data of 75, 689 flights with modern commercial airliners, a maximum aircraft fleet's performance variation has been estimated.

Comparison of Flight Characteristics of Two Different Airplanes and Ice Configurations

“…There are different model developments to evaluate icing-induced changes of the aircraft characteristics in dynamic flight (e.g., see Refs. [26][27][28][29][30][31][32] for further details on such approaches) and icing-induced changes of the flight performance [33,34].…”