Selecting locations for landing of various formations of helicopters using spatial modelling

During crisis situations such as floods, landslides, humanitarian crisis and even military clashes there are situations when it is necessary to send helicopters to the crisis areas. To facilitate the process of searching for the sites suitable for landing, it is possible to use the tools of spatial...

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Published in:IOP conference series. Earth and environmental science 2014-01, Vol.18 (1), p.12132-6
Main Authors: Kovarik, V, Rybansky, M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Crises
Formations
Helicopters
Knowledge bases (artificial intelligence)
Landing
Landing sites
Landslides
Mathematical models
Modelling
Obstacles
Searching
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Summary:During crisis situations such as floods, landslides, humanitarian crisis and even military clashes there are situations when it is necessary to send helicopters to the crisis areas. To facilitate the process of searching for the sites suitable for landing, it is possible to use the tools of spatial modelling. The paper describes a procedure of selecting areas potentially suitable for landing of particular formations of helicopters. It lists natural and man-made terrain features that represent the obstacles that can prevent helicopters from landing. It also states specific requirements of the NATO documents that have to be respected when selecting the areas for landing. These requirements relate to a slope of ground and an obstruction angle on approach and exit paths. Creating the knowledge base and graphical models in ERDAS IMAGINE is then described. In the first step of the procedure the areas generally suitable for landing are selected. Then the different configurations of landing points that form the landing sites are created and corresponding outputs are generated. Finally, several tactical requirements are incorporated.
ISSN:1755-1315
1755-1307
1755-1315
DOI:10.1088/1755-1315/18/1/012132