STCA, TCAS, airproxes and collision risk

Journal of Navigation

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 389-404

  Brooker, Peter ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ATC; ATM; Collision avoidance; Mid air collision

Indexed keywords

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL; COLLISION AVOIDANCE;

EID: 25144517884     PISSN: 03734633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0373463305003334     Document Type: Article

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