Field Survey of Potential Airstrip Locations. Mt. Howe, Antarctica, 1991

Abstract

The blue ice area just west of the Mt. Howe ridge in Antarctica was surveyed with the intent of establishing a runway for large, wheeled cargo aircraft. Site limitations and wind observations precluded selection of an airstrip location. Installation of an automatic weather station to monitor winds at the site will allow determination of site suitability.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA263199

Entities

People

  • Stephen L. Lenhartog

Organizations

  • Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Aerial Photographs
  • Aircrafts
  • Antarctica
  • Automatic
  • Cargo Aircraft
  • Cold Regions
  • Continents
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Materials
  • Observation
  • Stations
  • Surface Transportation
  • Transport Aircraft
  • Weather Stations
  • Wind

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Polar and Arctic Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design