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Appraisal of digital terrain elevation data for low-altitude flight [PDF]

The use of terrain elevation databases in advanced guidance and navigation systems has greatly expanded. However, the limitations and accuracies of these databases must be considered and established prior to safe system flight evaluation.
Swenson, Harry N., Zelenka, Richard E.
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Using Avian Radar to Examine Relationships Among Avian Activity, Bird Strikes, and Meteorological Factors

Human-Wildlife Interactions, 2017
Radar systems designed to detect avian activity at airfields are useful in understanding factors that influence the risk of bird and aircraft collisions (bird strikes).
Peter S. Coates, Michael L. Casazza, Brian J. Halstead, Joseph P. Fleskes, James A. Laughlin   +4 more
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Safe engine-out landing of a passenger plane under the wind conditions

Научный вестник МГТУ ГА, 2019
The engine failure, according to the flight safety inspection of the Federal Air Transport Agency, caused 4 of 6 aviation accidents in 2017, including 2 air disasters.
M. A. Kiselev, S. V. Levitsky, V. A. Podobedov   +2 more
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Diverter AI based decision aid, phases 1 and 2 [PDF]

It was determined that a system to incorporate artificial intelligence (AI) into airborne flight management computers is feasible. The AI functions that would be most useful to the pilot are to perform situational assessment, evaluate outside influences ...
Bayles, Scott J., Patterson, Robert W., Schulke, Duane A., Sexton, George A., Williams, Deborah C.   +4 more
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Airborne surveys of surface topographic condition over the coastal ice-free areas, continental ice sheet and sea-ice around the Lutzow-Holm Bay region, East Antarctica in 1996-1998 by JARE-38

Antarctic Record, 2000
Preliminary airbone surveys for geoscientific and glaciological purposes were carried out by an aircraft (Cessna A185F) during the wintering season of the 38th Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE-38) in 1996-1998.
Masaki Kanao, Takashi Yamanouchi
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WAYS OF NAVIGATION SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CNS/ATM CONCEPT

Научный вестник МГТУ ГА, 2017
The general development principles of the civil aviation air navigation systems for the next years according to the concept of International Civil Aviation Organization (IСAO) CNS/ATM are stated in the article.
I. A. Chekhov
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Bird detection in the airfield area as a factor in ensuring ornithological safety of aircraft flights

Civil Aviation High Technologies
The article considers the problem of ensuring ornithological safety of aircraft flights in the aerodrome area, where collisions with birds pose a serious threat that can lead to serious consequences in the form of an aviation accident or an aviation incident.
A. V. Vlasova, B. P. Eliseev
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EMSF-Net: An Efficient Multiscale Fusion Network With Lightweight Attention for Object Detection in Remote Sensing Images

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
Remote-sensing object detection is an important technique for addressing global challenges, including climate change and environmental pollution. However, existing methods still suffer from limited model adaptability, high miss-detection rates, and ...
Yu Chen, Yawei Hou, Zhongliang Deng, Zhaoyu Liu, Heng Yang, Xinling Wen, Yuxin Qin, Teng Jiang, Kun Liang, Yapeng Wu   +9 more
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A specified procedure for distress identification and assessment for urban road surfaces based on PCI [PDF]

, 2017
In this paper, a simplified procedure for the assessment of pavement structural integrity and the level of service for urban road surfaces is presented.
Loprencipe, Giuseppe, PANTUSO ROMERO, Antonio   +1 more
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Persistent Decadal-Scale Rainfall Variability in the Tropical South Pacific Convergence Zone Through the Past Six Centuries [PDF]

, 2013
Modern Pacific decadal variability (PDV) has global impacts; hence records of PDV from the pre-instrumental period are needed to better inform models that are used to project future climate variability.
Banner, J. L., Lin, K., Maupin, C. R., Partin, J. W., Quinn, T. M., Shen, C. C., Sinclair, D. J., Taylor, F. W., Thirumalai, K.   +8 more
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