Using three-dimensional flight patterns at airfields to identify hotspots for avian-aircraft collisions

Applied Geography

Volumn 35, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 53-59

  Walter, W David ^a   Fischer, Justin W ^a   Humphrey, John S ^a   Daughtery, Trey S ^b   Milleson, Michael P ^a   Tillman, Eric A ^a   Avery, Michael L ^a  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aviation hazard; Birdstrike; Black vulture; Cathartes aura; Coragyps atratus; Flight behavior; Satellite telemetry; Turkey vulture

Indexed keywords

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL; AIR TRANSPORTATION; ALTITUDE; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; GPS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; RAPTOR; SATELLITE DATA; TELEMETRY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY;

BEAUFORT COUNTY [SOUTH CAROLINA]; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; CATHARTES; CATHARTES AURA; CORAGYPS; CORAGYPS ATRATUS; HARNESS; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

EID: 84862260019     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2012.05.002     Document Type: Article

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