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Title: | Atmospheric icing and broadcast antenna reflections |
Authors: | Ryerson, Charles C. (Charles Curtis) |
Keywords: | Antenna icing Atmospheric icing Mount Mansfield, Vermont Mount Washington, New Hampshire Commercial broadcasters Ice detectors Icing Icing (Meteorology) Meteorology |
Publisher: | Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (U.S.) Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.) |
Series/Report no.: | CRREL report ; 88-11. |
Description: | CRREL Report Abstract: This study assesses the effects of atmospheric icing on broadcast transmission reflections on two mountains— Mount Mansfield in northern Vermont and Mount Washington in New Hampshire. Experience and theory suggest that antenna ice accretions produce large signal reflections. Correlations between reflection coefficients and ice accretions on Rosemount ice detectors adjacent to antennas were low and occasionally negative. The unexpected correlations may be due to factors not measured, such as antenna tuning, ice type and ice location on the antenna system. Other confounding factors may include ice detector performance and methods used to compute antenna ice accretions from the ice detectors. |
Rights: | Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11681/9069 |
Appears in Collections: | CRREL Report |
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