A practical approach for optimizing aircraft trajectories in winds

AIAA/IEEE Digital Avionics Systems Conference - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Ng, Hok K ^a   Sridhar, Banavar ^b   Grabbe, Shon ^b  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TRAFFIC FLOWS; AIRCRAFT TRAJECTORY; AVIATION INDUSTRY; BURN MODEL; CARGO FLIGHTS; EN-ROUTE; ENVIRONMENTAL EMISSIONS; FLIGHT PLANS; FLIGHT TIME; FUEL COST; FUEL SAVINGS; HORIZONTAL PLANES; INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS; LONG HAUL; MINIMUM TIME; OPTIMAL TRAJECTORIES; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; TRAJECTORY OPTIMIZATION; VERTICAL PROFILE; WIND CONDITIONS;

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL; ALGORITHMS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIGITAL AVIONICS; FUEL ECONOMY; FUELS; OPTIMIZATION; TRAJECTORIES; TRAVEL TIME; WIND;

AIRCRAFT;

EID: 84872458385     PISSN: 21557195     EISSN: 21557209     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/DASC.2012.6382319     Document Type: Conference Paper

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