Wake-vortex separation distances when flight-path corridors are constrained

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 539-546

  Rossow, Vernon J ^a,b  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b AIAA ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT INSTRUMENTS; AIRPORTS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; VORTEX FLOW; WAKES;

FLIGHT PATHS; WAKE VORTEX ADVISORY SYSTEM;

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL;

EID: 0030142354     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/3.46978     Document Type: Article

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