Pilots Face Brick Wall-Like Icing Along Equator

The only final decision of any possible cause was in the case of AF447, in which a report says ice crystals in vital pitot tubes generated false sensor information ultimately leading to pilot error. On Earth, one way it manifests itself is in the circular motion of cyclonic storms-counterclockwise i...

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Published inSignal Vol. 69; no. 9; p. 34
Main Author Keeler, R Norris
Format Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Fairfax Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association 01.05.2015
Subjects
Aircraft accidents & safety
Meteorology
Oceanography
Satellite communications
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Summary:The only final decision of any possible cause was in the case of AF447, in which a report says ice crystals in vital pitot tubes generated false sensor information ultimately leading to pilot error. On Earth, one way it manifests itself is in the circular motion of cyclonic storms-counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere, clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere. Because Coriolis forces vanish on the equator, the horizontal scale of turbulence extends from centimeter Kolmogorov scales to hundreds of kilometers.
ISSN:0037-4938