Obtaining meteorological data from aircraft with mode-S radars

IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 12-24

  Hrastovec, Marko ^a   Solina, Franc ^b  

^a Slovenia Control Ltd   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METEOROLOGICAL DATA; METEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION; METEOROLOGICAL SENSORS; MODE-S RADAR; ON-BOARD SENSORS;

METEOROLOGY; RADAR; RADIOSONDES; SENSORS;

AIRCRAFT;

EID: 84892602241     PISSN: 08858985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAES.2013.6693664     Document Type: Article

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