Improved downward-looking terrain database integrity monitor and terrain navigation

IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages 1594-1607

  Vadlamani, Ananth K ^a   De Haag, Maarten Uijt ^a  

^a Ohio University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNITS (IMU); INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC); RADAR ALTIMETERS; TERRAIN DATABASES;

AIRCRAFT; ANEROID ALTIMETERS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; INERTIAL NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; KALMAN FILTERING; MONITORING; UNITS OF MEASUREMENT;

NAVIGATION;

EID: 11244309423     PISSN: 1095323X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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