Oceanic Area System Improvement Study (OASIS). Volume VI. North Atlantic, Central East Pacific, and Caribbean Regions Navigation Systems Description.
The state of oceanic navigation technology (along with human factors and Air Traffic Control technology) is a primary determinant of how efficiently aircraft can utilize oceanic airspace while maintaining acceptable levels of safety. This technology encompasses position determining equipment such as...
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ftdtic:ADA123830 2023-05-15T17:29:42+02:00 Oceanic Area System Improvement Study (OASIS). Volume VI. North Atlantic, Central East Pacific, and Caribbean Regions Navigation Systems Description. Conrad,Bjorn SRI INTERNATIONAL MENLO PARK CA 1981-09 text/html http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA123830 http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA123830 en eng http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA123830 APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE DTIC AND NTIS Commercial and General Aviation Air Navigation and Guidance Radio Communications *AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS *COMMERCIAL AVIATION DIRECTION FINDING SCHEDULING AIR SPACE AIRSPEED ROUTING OCEANS INERTIAL NAVIGATION PACIFIC OCEAN ALTIMETERS AVIATION SAFETY FLIGHT PATHS NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN RADIO RELAY STATIONS RADIO RELAY SYSTEMS CARIBBEAN SEA OMEGA NAVIGATION OASIS(Oceanic Area System Improvement Study) CEP(Central East Pacific) CAR(Caribbean) region LPN-SRI-8066 Text 1981 ftdtic 2016-02-20T21:43:27Z The state of oceanic navigation technology (along with human factors and Air Traffic Control technology) is a primary determinant of how efficiently aircraft can utilize oceanic airspace while maintaining acceptable levels of safety. This technology encompasses position determining equipment such as inertial navigation systems, Omega, automatic direction finding receivers, and altimeter devices. It also encompasses attitude and airspeed measurement systems. To make the movement of many aircraft in the same airspace manageable, most aircraft in the North Atlantic (NAT), Central East Pacific (CEP), and Caribbean (CAR) are flown on tracks. In the case of the NAT and CEP there are a number of parallel east-west tracks designed to handle the bulk of traffic. In the CAR, many tracks are along routes defined by ground based nondirectional beacons and Very High Frequency Omniranges (VOR). Major oceanic routes are often entered under direct radar surveillance. While aircraft are on their oceanic routes there is only indirect surveillance of the aircraft, accomplished by radio relay of position reports to air traffic control centers. To determine when horizontal separation minima can safely be reduced, providers of air traffic services in the NAT monitor the lateral and longitudinal navigation performance of aircraft. See also Volume 7, AD-A123 831. Text North Atlantic Defense Technical Information Center: DTIC Technical Reports database Handle The ENVELOPE(161.983,161.983,-78.000,-78.000) Pacific |
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Commercial and General Aviation Air Navigation and Guidance Radio Communications *AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS *COMMERCIAL AVIATION DIRECTION FINDING SCHEDULING AIR SPACE AIRSPEED ROUTING OCEANS INERTIAL NAVIGATION PACIFIC OCEAN ALTIMETERS AVIATION SAFETY FLIGHT PATHS NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN RADIO RELAY STATIONS RADIO RELAY SYSTEMS CARIBBEAN SEA OMEGA NAVIGATION OASIS(Oceanic Area System Improvement Study) CEP(Central East Pacific) CAR(Caribbean) region LPN-SRI-8066 |
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Commercial and General Aviation Air Navigation and Guidance Radio Communications *AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS *COMMERCIAL AVIATION DIRECTION FINDING SCHEDULING AIR SPACE AIRSPEED ROUTING OCEANS INERTIAL NAVIGATION PACIFIC OCEAN ALTIMETERS AVIATION SAFETY FLIGHT PATHS NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN RADIO RELAY STATIONS RADIO RELAY SYSTEMS CARIBBEAN SEA OMEGA NAVIGATION OASIS(Oceanic Area System Improvement Study) CEP(Central East Pacific) CAR(Caribbean) region LPN-SRI-8066 Conrad,Bjorn Oceanic Area System Improvement Study (OASIS). Volume VI. North Atlantic, Central East Pacific, and Caribbean Regions Navigation Systems Description. |
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Commercial and General Aviation Air Navigation and Guidance Radio Communications *AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS *COMMERCIAL AVIATION DIRECTION FINDING SCHEDULING AIR SPACE AIRSPEED ROUTING OCEANS INERTIAL NAVIGATION PACIFIC OCEAN ALTIMETERS AVIATION SAFETY FLIGHT PATHS NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN RADIO RELAY STATIONS RADIO RELAY SYSTEMS CARIBBEAN SEA OMEGA NAVIGATION OASIS(Oceanic Area System Improvement Study) CEP(Central East Pacific) CAR(Caribbean) region LPN-SRI-8066 |
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The state of oceanic navigation technology (along with human factors and Air Traffic Control technology) is a primary determinant of how efficiently aircraft can utilize oceanic airspace while maintaining acceptable levels of safety. This technology encompasses position determining equipment such as inertial navigation systems, Omega, automatic direction finding receivers, and altimeter devices. It also encompasses attitude and airspeed measurement systems. To make the movement of many aircraft in the same airspace manageable, most aircraft in the North Atlantic (NAT), Central East Pacific (CEP), and Caribbean (CAR) are flown on tracks. In the case of the NAT and CEP there are a number of parallel east-west tracks designed to handle the bulk of traffic. In the CAR, many tracks are along routes defined by ground based nondirectional beacons and Very High Frequency Omniranges (VOR). Major oceanic routes are often entered under direct radar surveillance. While aircraft are on their oceanic routes there is only indirect surveillance of the aircraft, accomplished by radio relay of position reports to air traffic control centers. To determine when horizontal separation minima can safely be reduced, providers of air traffic services in the NAT monitor the lateral and longitudinal navigation performance of aircraft. See also Volume 7, AD-A123 831. |
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Oceanic Area System Improvement Study (OASIS). Volume VI. North Atlantic, Central East Pacific, and Caribbean Regions Navigation Systems Description. |
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Oceanic Area System Improvement Study (OASIS). Volume VI. North Atlantic, Central East Pacific, and Caribbean Regions Navigation Systems Description. |
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Oceanic Area System Improvement Study (OASIS). Volume VI. North Atlantic, Central East Pacific, and Caribbean Regions Navigation Systems Description. |
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Oceanic Area System Improvement Study (OASIS). Volume VI. North Atlantic, Central East Pacific, and Caribbean Regions Navigation Systems Description. |
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Oceanic Area System Improvement Study (OASIS). Volume VI. North Atlantic, Central East Pacific, and Caribbean Regions Navigation Systems Description. |
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oceanic area system improvement study (oasis). volume vi. north atlantic, central east pacific, and caribbean regions navigation systems description. |
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1981 |
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http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA123830 http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA123830 |
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