Short-term prediction of the horizontal wind vector within a wake vortex warning system

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 9-20

  Frech, Michael ^a   Holzäpfel, Frank ^a   Gerz, Thomas ^a   Konopka, Jens ^b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL; AIRPORTS; VORTEX FLOW; WAKES; WIND EFFECTS;

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER; FRANKFURT AIRPORT; HORIZONTAL WINDS; SHORT TERM PREDICTION; SONIC ANEMOMETER; STATISTICAL PERSISTENCE; SYSTEM'S PERFORMANCE; WIND CONDITIONS;

FORECASTING;

AIRCRAFT; ANEMOMETER; FORECASTING METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; VORTEX;

FRANKFURT AM MAIN; GERMANY; HESSE;

EID: 0009918722     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1350482702001020     Document Type: Article

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