Aircraft position and weather data are collected, formatted, and relayed to ground from in-flight commercial jets. Data Acquisition and Control Unit in plane receives information from standard avionics data units, and provides scaling and storage. Normally, eight sets of data are acquired in 1 hour period and transmitted to satellite at precise time. Besides meteorological applications, system can locate and reroute aircraft into favorable winds to conserve fuel or aid search for downed planes.


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    Titel :

    Airborne meteorological data-collection system


    Beteiligte:
    Bagwell, J. W. (Autor:in) / Lindow, B. G. (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    01.01.1981



    Medientyp :

    Sonstige


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Schlagwörter :





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