Feasibility of TAMDAR: An aircraft-based weather data collection system

Journal of Air Transport Management

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 207-215

  Kauffmann, Paul ^a   Ozan, Erol ^a   Sireli, Yesim ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aviation efficiency and safety; Business case; Meteorological data acquisition systems; Value of weather data

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DATA ACQUISITION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 1642304019     PISSN: 09696997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jairtraman.2003.11.001     Document Type: Article

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