Characterizing Cross-track Error Distributions for Continental Jet Routes

• Published in: Journal of Navigation
• Main Authors: Polhemus, Neil W., Livingston, Dale
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1981
• Subjects: Ocean Engineering; Oceanography; Moot; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0373463300024292; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0373463300024292

The establishment of standards for lateral separation between adjacent jet routes depends in large part on an adequate description of aircraft path-keeping ability. While it has been accepted for many years that deviations from route centreline follow a distribution which is more peaked in the core...