Unmanned aircraft guidance for penetration of pretornadic storms

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 99-107

  Elston, Jack ^a,b   Frew, Eric ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STORMS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV); WAVEFRONTS;

BACKWARD PROPAGATING WAVES; CONCEPTS OF OPERATIONS; CONTROL STRATEGIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; POINTS OF INTEREST; PRECIPITATION DATA; RECEDING HORIZON CONTROL; UNMANNED AIRCRAFTS;

AIR NAVIGATION;

EID: 73949159541     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.45195     Document Type: Conference Paper

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