Results 11 to 20 of about 490,773 (280)

Is an NWP-Based Nowcasting System Suitable for Aviation Operations?

open access: yesRemote Sensing, 2022
The growth of air transport demand expected over the next decades, along with the increasing frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, such as heavy rainfalls and severe storms due to climate change, will pose a tough challenge for air traffic ...
Vincenzo Mazzarella   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Aviation [PDF]

open access: yesDisaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, 2008
Aviation accounts for about 3% of the current global energy consumption of 15 terawatts (TW). The global annual growth of energy use in the aviation sector is likely to be around 2.15% and will exceed that in other transportation sectors, although land transport will continue to consume the largest amounts of fuel.
  +6 more sources

Aviation Dentistry

open access: yesJOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC RESEARCH, 2014
With the rapid expansion of the airline industry in all sectors, dentists should pay special attention to crews and frequent flyers, due to change of pressure in-flight, that cause different types of oro-facial pain. Aviation dentistry deals with evaluation, principles of prevention, treatment of diseases, disorders or conditions which are related to ...
Lakshmi, D Sri Sakthi
openaire   +3 more sources

Flying green from a carbon neutral airport : the case of Brussels [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
The aviation sector is one of the fastest growing emitters of greenhouse gases worldwide. In addition, airports have important local environmental impacts, mainly in the form of noise pollution and deterioration in air quality. Although noise nuisance in
Boussauw, Kobe, Vanoutrive, Thomas
core   +1 more source

In-flight Medical Emergencies

open access: yesWestern Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2013
Introduction: Research and data regarding in-flight medical emergencies during commercial air travel are lacking. Although volunteer medical professionals are often called upon to assist, there are no guidelines or best practices to guide their actions ...
Amit Chandra, Shauna Conry
doaj   +1 more source

The Analysis of Spatial Pattern and Hotspots of Aviation Accident and Ranking the Potential Risk Airports Based on GIS Platform

open access: yesJournal of Advanced Transportation, 2018
Aviation accident analysis is an important task to ensure aviation safety. The existing researches mainly focus on the analysis of aviation accident time characteristics and accident causes and less analysis of the spatial characteristics of aviation ...
Yafei Li, Chen Liang
doaj   +1 more source

Sanitary aviation in post-war Poland – historical outline

open access: yesSecurity and Defence Quarterly, 2019
Objectives The aim of this research paper is to present the history of sanitary aviation in postwar Poland since 1945 up till now. In the course of research the following methods were used: analysis, synthesis, abstraction and generalization.
Robert Wit Rezner
doaj   +1 more source

Assessment of the performance of alternative aviation fuel in a modern air-spray combustor (MAC) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Recent concerns over energy security and environmental considerations have highlighted the importance of finding alternative aviation fuels. It is expected that coal and biomass derived fuels will fulfil a substantial part of these energy requirements ...
Borman, DJ   +5 more
core   +1 more source

PRE-FLIGHT VALIDATION RNAV GNSS APPROACH PROCEDURES FOR EPKT IN „EGNOS APV MIELEC PROJECT” [PDF]

open access: yesScientific Journal of Silesian University of Technology. Series Transport, 2016
The purpose of this document is to show evidence of the work carried out as part of the pre-flight flight validation activities of one RNAV approach Instrument Flight Procedures (IFP), down to LPV minima, at Katowice Airport (EPKT).
Andrzej FELLNER   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Temporal and spatial variability in the aviation NOx-related O3 impact

open access: yesEnvironmental Research Letters, 2013
Aviation NO _x emissions promote tropospheric ozone formation, which is linked to climate warming and adverse health effects. Modeling studies have quantified the relative impact of aviation NO _x on O _3 in large geographic regions.
Christopher K Gilmore   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Home - About - Disclaimer - Privacy