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Experimental Study of Aircraft Wake Vortices on the Airfield of Tolmachevo Airport in 2018

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In order to study the wake vortices of landing aircraft, we carried out an experiment on the airfield of Tolmachevo Airport in 2018 using Stream Line lidar, an AMK-03 sonic anemometer, and an MTP-5 temperature profiler. The limits of applicability of the method of radial velocity in estimation of wake vortex parameters from lidar measurements were determined for different aircraft types and wind turbulence strength. The analysis of the experimental results makes it possible to identify features of the spatial dynamics and evolution of aircraft wake vortices under different states of the surface air layer. In particular, we found that the lifetime of a vortex generated behind a large MD-11F aircraft on landing can reach 4 min in the case of low average crosswind speed and moderate wind turbulence.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors are grateful to the General Director of the Tolmachevo Airport E.Ya. Yankilevich for the opportunity to carry out the lidar measurements on the airfield.

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This work was carried out within the basic research project of the Russian Academy of Sciences (no. AAAA-A17-117021310149-4). It was supported by the Russian Science Foundation (project no. 19-17-00170) as part of determining the parameters of a turbulent atmosphere.

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  1. V.E. Zuev Institute of Atmospheric Optics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 634055, Tomsk, Russia

    I. N. Smalikho, V. A. Banakh, A. V. Falits & A. A. Sukharev

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Smalikho, I.N., Banakh, V.A., Falits, A.V. et al. Experimental Study of Aircraft Wake Vortices on the Airfield of Tolmachevo Airport in 2018. Atmos Ocean Opt 33, 124–133 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1024856020020116

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