Classification and prediction of pilot weather encounters: A discriminant function analysis

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 543-549

  O'Hare, David ^a   Hunter, David R ^b   Martinussen, Monica ^d   Wiggins, Mark ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Macquarie University ^*

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aeronautical decision making; Risk tolerance; Weather encounters

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955505638     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.2739.2011     Document Type: Article

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