Survey of weather impact models used in air traffic management

10th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration and Operations Conference 2010, ATIO 2010

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Krozel, Jimmy ^a  

^a METRON AVIATION INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; NATIONAL AIRSPACE SYSTEM; NEXT-GENERATION AIR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS; NEXTGEN; STATE OF THE ART; TECHNOLOGY GAP; WEATHER IMPACT; WEATHER INFORMATION;

AIR TRANSPORTATION; AVIATION; SURVEYS; TECHNOLOGY;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84878416942     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2010-9020     Document Type: Conference Paper

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