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WAAS (1)
- Usado para
- wide area augmentation system
- Definição1
- A method of navigation based on GPS.
- Fonte1
- FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION. Instrument procedures handbook: FAA-H-8261-1A. 2nd ed. Newcastle: ASA, 2007.
- Definição2
- A US navigation system which processes and improves data from GPS satellites to provide location information.
- Fonte2
- INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. ICAO abbreviations and codes: procedures for air navigation services. 7. ed. Montreal, 2007. (Doc. 8400)
- Fonte3
- CROCKER, David. Dictionary of aviation. 2nd ed. London: A&C, 2005
- Fonte4
- INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. Aircraft operations: volume 2: construction of visual and instrument flight procedures. 6th. ed. Montreal, 2014. (Doc. 8168 OPS/611)
- Nota adicional1
- Ground correction stations transmit position corrections that enhance system accuracy and add vertical navigation (VNAV) features.
- Contexto
- The GNSS avionics meet the requirements of RTCA DO-229D, Minimum Operational Performance Standards (MOPS) for Global Positioning System/Wide Area Augmentation System Airborne Equipment or an equivalent IFR certification standard.
- Subárea1
- Air Navigation