Volpe Center: Volpe Center Highlights

Investigating Loran-C as a Backup to GPS. Dr. James Carroll of the Advanced Communication, Navigation, and Surveillance (CNS) Technologies Division presented "Performance Analysis of an Integrated GPS/Loran-C Tracking System" at the National Technical Meeting of the Institute of Navigation held in Monterey, California, January 17 — 20, 2006.
Aviation Range and Aerospace Meteorology. Dr. Thomas Seliga of the Advanced Communication, Navigation, and Surveillance (CNS) Technologies Division co-authored two papers presented at the 12th Conference on Aviation Range and Aerospace Meteorology held in Atlanta, Georgia, January 28 — 30, 2006. "Demonstration of the Use of Runway Visual Range (RVR) Visibility Sensors for Estimating Snowfall Rates throughout the Airport Domain," was co-authored by Mr. David Hazen of Titan/System Resources Corporation and Mr. Stephen Burley of the Federal Aviation Administration (http://ams.confex.com/ams/pdfpapers/104640.pdf). "Evaluation of Wind Algorithms for Reporting Wind Speed and Gust for Use in Air Traffic Control Towers," was co-authored by Mr. Hazen (http://ams.confex.com/ams/pdfpapers/104665.pdf).