Factors affecting the frequency and severity of airport weather delays and the implications of climate change for future delays

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2139, 2009, Pages 97-106

  Pejovic, Tamara ^a   Williams, Victoria A ^b   Noland, Robert B ^c   Toumi, Ralf ^d  

^a Helios   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRPORTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND;

CASE-STUDIES; CLASSIFIEDS; CLIMATE FORECASTS; FUTURE WEATHERS; LONDON HEATHROW AIRPORT; STATISTIC MODELING; TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS; WEATHER DELAYS; WEATHER PARAMETERS; WIND SPEED;

CLIMATE MODELS;

EID: 76149136888     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2139-12     Document Type: Article

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