Estimating time of arrival in heavy weather conditions

1999 Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 1481-1495

  Krozel, Jimmy ^a   Lee, Changkil ^b   Mitchell, Joseph S B ^b  

^a Seagull Technology   (United States)

^b Stony Brook University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL; AIRCRAFT; AUTOMATION; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; METEOROLOGY; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL (ATC); AIRCRAFT DYNAMICS; AUTOMATION SYSTEMS; ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVALS; FINAL APPROACH; OPTIMAL PATHS; PROBABILISTIC MODELING; WEATHER AVOIDANCE;

TIME OF ARRIVAL;

EID: 84959146029     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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