Impact of the reduced vertical separation minimum on the domestic united states

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 148-156

  Malwitz, Andrew ^a,c   Balasubramanian, Sathya ^d   Fleming, Gregg ^c   Yoder, Timothy ^b,e   Waitz, Ian ^b,e  

^a VOLPE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION   (United States)

^d Computer Science Corporation ^*  (United States)

^e Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT FUELS; MACH NUMBER; NITROGEN OXIDES; RADAR;

AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS; AMBIENT CONDITIONS; FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION; FLIGHT DATA RECORDERS; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; REDUCED VERTICAL SEPARATION MINIMUMS; SPECIFIC FUEL CONSUMPTION; VERTICAL SEPARATION;

FLIGHT PATHS;

EID: 60049095449     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.36776     Document Type: Article

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