A comparative analysis of the influence of weather on the flight altitudes of birds

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 47-61

  Shamoun Baranes, Judy ^a   van Loon, Emiel ^a   van Gasteren, Hans ^b   van Belle, Jelmer ^a   Bouten, Willem ^a   Buurma, Luit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Royal Netherlands Air Force   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; AVIATION; BOUNDARY LAYERS; ECOSYSTEMS; HAZARDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRACKING RADAR;

BIRD AVOIDANCE MODEL; BIRD-AIRCRAFT COLLISIONS; FLIGHT ALTITUDES;

METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS;

EID: 32544454171     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-87-1-47     Document Type: Article

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