Visualization and comparison of aircraft trajectories using Gaussian-Smoothed heatmaps

Thousands of airplanes traverse the national airspace every day. Each flight has a unique trajectory in space and time that is typically pre-determined by a flight plan and can be inflexible. With air traffic density expected to increase in the future, NASA has been conducting research on technology...

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Published in:Quality engineering 2022-01, Vol.34 (1), p.142-151
Main Authors: Burris, Joseph, Ballard, Kathryn, Wilson, Sara R., Edwards, David J.
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