Visual meteorological conditions

Intro to GIS and environmental management GIS (Geographic Information System) is a new geographical research technology since the 1960s, which is a powerful software that allows a virtually unlimited amount of information to be linked to a geographic location. The more and more extensive environmental causes, abundant data resources from scientific researches, as well as the continuous improvement of the computer and GIS technology, all call for wider and deeper application of GIS in the environment

within 20 miles of the airport with a return to the same airport, or with the option to continue to Burbank California. At dusk, the pilot and passengers load the aircraft and departed the airport. The flight departed under visual flight rules and visual meteorological conditions. The weather was reported at

transmitted sunlight from the water surface (sun glint), direct reflected radiance from the water surface (sky light) and radiance reflected from whitecaps. The raw at-sensor radiance images were corrected for atmospheric effects using the ENVI v 5.2 (ITT Visual Information Solutions, Inc.) FLAASH (Fast Line of sight Atmospheric Analysis of Spectral Hypercubus) module. FLAASH converts radiometrically-calibrated at-sensor radiance images to surface reflectance images by incorporating the MODTRAN4 radiative

The captain and 10 passengers were killed; the first officer, the flight attendants, and 105 passengers received serious of minor injuries; and 24 passengers were not injured. The airplane was destroyed by impact forces and a post-crash fire. Flight 1420 was operating under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CRF) Part 121 on an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan. Contributing Casual Factors There are several causal factors that led to this event. The National Transportation

research would be more focus on naturalistic decision making as it could be describe as aviation decision making (ADM). The reason why ADM considered as part of NDM is because cockpit has characteristics such as high risk, time pressure, dynamic condition, experienced operators and team which are considered as naturalistic decision making (Simpson, 2001). Naturalistic decision making (NDM) theory was found in 1989 at a conference in Dayton, Ohio. Basically, NDM is about how people make a decision

detecting not only aircrafts, but objects and land masses as well using electromagnetic waves. A radar is capable of seeing through any condition of visibility, giving air traffic controllers and edge in providing important weather and aerodrome information to pilots. A radar is essential to air traffic when safety is concerned. When non-ideal weather conditions occur at an aerodrome such as thunderstorms, the radar would aid the aircraft in its approach and take off. It prevents collisions through

Understanding Dangers of Pilot Fatigue In February of 2009, Colgan Air flight 3407 crashed while on approach killing forty-nine people on board as well as one on the ground according to the official National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Accident Report (2010). In February of 2008, go! flight 1002 ignored several radio calls after departure and eventually flew past its destination and continued over open water according to the NTSB’s Report (2009). In April of 2007, Pinnacle Airlines flight

high amounts of rice production and the high use of ground water has led to rapid groundwater decline and concern for large greenhouse gas emissions threatens the future of rice as a sustainable crop in NE Arkansas. Arkansas has ideal rice growing conditions with a clay soil type that holds water but impedes recharge. Irrigation played a crucial role in increasing Arkansas rice production. Rice farming in Arkansas uses the Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer, often referred to as the “alluvial

4.0 Spatial Technologies The GIS, GPS and Remote Sensing technologies have evolved over the last two decades, as the three most important spatial database technologies for the developmental planning and decision support. Today, these spatial technologies play a revolutionary role in disaster monitoring, assessment and management. Remote sensing is used for real time and accurate data capture. GIS is used as the most effective and efficient tool for storing, integrating, manipulating and presenting

based customized procedures defined by people who are domain experts and not GIS users. This called for new perception of GIS and people and procedure were included as major interface of GIS system as shown in figure 4.1.1 (b). Figure 4.1.1 (b) 4.1.2 GIS Data Model In order to represent the spatial information and their attributes, a data model – a set of logical definitions or rules for characterizing the geographical data is adopted. The data model represents the linkages between the