Progress towards a propagation prediction service for HF communications with aircraft on trans-polar routes

• Main Authors: Warrington, Michael, Rogers, Neil Christopher, Stocker, A. J., Hallam, Jonathan, Siddle, D., Al-Behadili, H.A.H., Zaalov, Nikolay, Honary, Farideh, Boteler, D., Danskin, Donald W.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Leicester; Pacific; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/81152/; https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/81152/1/Warrington_et_al._2016_Nordic_HF_Paper_2016.pdf

Commercial airlines began operations over polar routes in 1999 with a small number of proving flights. By 2014 the number had increased to in excess of 12,000 flights per year, and further increases are expected. For safe operations, the aircraft have to be able to communicate with air traffic contr...