Mountain Induced Aeronautical Hazards Program, 1997
Content Description
This collection consists of records created by the Research Applications Laboratory. This collection was processed with support from the Center for History of Physics, American Institute of Physics.
Administrative records include various NCAR reports, committee meeting minutes, company retreat and workshop summaries, and review materials.
Aviation industry records include correspondence and reports relating to work with various organizations including ALPA (Airline Pilot Association), AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics), and aircraft incident reports and investigations.
Field project records include reports, log books, graphs, data printouts, photographs and correspondence.
In addition, the collection contains conference and congressional hearing materials, grey literature, white papers, research materials, and general correspondence.
Materials also include computer discs, video tapes, and films.
Dates
- Creation: 1997
Conditions Governing Access
Not all of the material in this collection is in the public domain. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine copyright and obtain permission to use materials.
All records must be viewed in the Archives. The Archives does not have playback capability for some materials.
Full Extent
From the Collection: 28 Boxes : 25 record cartons, 2 letter-size archival boxes,1 archival film reel box
Language of Materials
English
General
Video produced by NCAR, written by Dr. Peter Neilly, and narrated by David Hartley. It talks about improving mountain flying safety, and deals with understanding the hazards, and educating the community, as well as how to improve detection & forecasting. The aviation accident rate is 40% higher in mountainous states compared to the rest of the country. In 1991, there was a wind rotor crash in Colorado Springs, prompting a field data study in Colorado Springs using LIDAR, profiler, surface weather stations, and weather balloons to better understand rotor winds. The video mentions the LWAS system in Hong Kong, and the Hazardous Mountain Winds and Their Visual Indicators training manual is featured. (This manual is in our collection.)
Processing Information
OpenSky Repository Link: http://n2t.net/ark:/85065/d7tq64hg
Repository Details
Part of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Archives Repository