Superstructure Icing: Non-Suitability of Current Forecasting Aids for Navy Ships.

Abstract

Three currently available graphical aids (nomograms) for use in forecasting superstructure icing due to wind blown spray ar reviewed for applicability to U.S. Navy vessels. It is concluded that these aids are not very suitable in their present form because they are biased toward fishing trawlers and other small displacement vessels, and they do not distinguish differences in the freeboard among various vessels. A review of ongoing and recent work in the field of superstructure icing is presented. A research plan is described and recommended for improving the applicability of available forecasting aids to U.S. Navy vessels. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 05, 1984
Accession Number
ADA143304

Entities

People

  • R. K. Jeck

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Temperature
  • Coast Guard
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Databases
  • Insensitive Explosives
  • Intensity
  • Military Research
  • North Carolina
  • Oceans
  • Research Facilities
  • Sea Ice
  • Sea Water
  • Shipboard
  • Ships
  • Space Sciences
  • Water

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.
  • Polar and Arctic Studies
  • Regression Analysis.