BALOR Model Validity for the Airport ASF Mapping Methodology

Abstract

In 2001, the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center completed an evaluation of the Global Positioning System (GPS) vulnerabilities and the potential impacts to transportation systems in the United States. One of the recommendations of this study was for the operation of backup system(s) to GPS; Loran C was identified as one possible backup system. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has been leading a team consisting of members from industry, government, and academia to evaluate the future of Loran-C in the United States. In a recently completed Navigation Transition Study, the FAA concluded that Loran-C, as an independent radionavigation system, is theoretically the best backup for the GPS; however, in order for Loran-C to be considered a viable back-up system to GPS, it must be able to meet the requirements for non-precision approaches (NPA?s) for the aviation community and the Harbor Entrance and Approach (HEA) requirements for the maritime community. A significant factor limiting the accuracy of a Loran system is the spatial and temporal variation in the times of arrival (TOAs) observed by the receiver. A significant portion of these variations is due to the signals propagating over paths of varying conductivity; these TOA corrections which compensate for propagating over non-seawater paths are called additional secondary factors (ASFs). Hence, a key component in evaluating the utility of Loran as a GPS backup is a better understanding of ASFs and a key goal is deciding how to mitigate the effects of ASFs to achieve more accurate Loran-C positions while ensuring that the possibility of providing hazardous and misleading information (HMI) will be no greater than 1x10-7.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA574296

Entities

People

  • Christian Oates
  • Gregory Johnson
  • Peter F. Swaszek
  • Richard Hartnett
  • Ruslan Shalaev

Organizations

  • United States Coast Guard Academy

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Aircrafts
  • Backup Systems
  • Coast Guard
  • Conductivity
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Engineering
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Field Tests
  • Loran
  • Measurement
  • Navigation
  • New Jersey
  • Radio Navigation
  • Radio Navigation Systems
  • Rhode Island
  • United States Coast Guard Academy

Readers

  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Technology.

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  • Space