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Research On Union Mode Of E-Waste Reverse Logistics In China, Hewei Kong Aug 2008

Research On Union Mode Of E-Waste Reverse Logistics In China, Hewei Kong

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Analysis Of Methods For Z Company To Deal With Single Hull Vlcc, Chen Ye Aug 2008

Analysis Of Methods For Z Company To Deal With Single Hull Vlcc, Chen Ye

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Analysis Of Shanghai Broad Shipping Company's Development Strategy, Lu Zhang Aug 2008

The Analysis Of Shanghai Broad Shipping Company's Development Strategy, Lu Zhang

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Farm Gate Nutrient Balances In South West Western Australia – An Overview, Rebecca Ovens, David Weaver, Nardia Keipert, Simon Neville, Robert Summers, Martin Clarke Aug 2008

Farm Gate Nutrient Balances In South West Western Australia – An Overview, Rebecca Ovens, David Weaver, Nardia Keipert, Simon Neville, Robert Summers, Martin Clarke

Conference papers and presentations

Farm-gate nutrient budgets can be used to identify the efficiency of nutrient use within and between individual enterprises and catchments, and may be used to represent a component of the risk that particular landuses represent to water quality. Over the past 5 years, more than 400 farm-gate nutrient balance audits have been conducted across a range of catchments and landuses in southwest Western Australia (WA). Values for nutrient use efficiency and surpluses across landuses and catchments are reported. Patterns of nitrogen and phosphorus signatures closely reflect one another across landuses, though nitrogen input, output and surplus values are consistently higher …


Assessment Of Coliform Bacteria From Point And Nonpoint Sources In The Las Vegas Wash, Susan O'Neill, Kumud Acharya Aug 2008

Assessment Of Coliform Bacteria From Point And Nonpoint Sources In The Las Vegas Wash, Susan O'Neill, Kumud Acharya

Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP)

This project focuses on an assessment of coliform bacteria from point and non point sources in Las Vegas Wash. Correlations between land use related runoffs, nutrients and organic matter loading and total coliform will be studied. Data will be collected for both daily low and high flow events. Sampling locations will cover all major land use types such as golf course, hotels, hospitals, residential areas, etc., at both the main Wash and its tributaries.


Training For Airport Wildlife Control Personnel: The Ibsc Recommendation, Paul Eschenfelder, Anastasios Anagnostopoulos Aug 2008

Training For Airport Wildlife Control Personnel: The Ibsc Recommendation, Paul Eschenfelder, Anastasios Anagnostopoulos

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 10th (2008)

ICAO Annex 14, chapter 9.4, sets as a worldwide standard the control of airport wildlife hazards by ‘competent’ airport personnel. Unfortunately ICAO provides no guidance as to what constitutes competence or properly trained personnel. The International Birdstrike Committee sought to develop a ‘best practice’ for the training of airport wildlife control personnel by forming a Working Group to develop a training recommendation. Surprisingly the Working Group found almost no state guidelines worldwide and little in the way of informal training guidelines among ICAO states reviewed. Using input from various national regulatory agencies, informal programs and the working group’s wildlife control …


Organizational Efforts In Aviation Wildlife Mitigation – University Story, Paul Eschenfelder, Archie Dickey Aug 2008

Organizational Efforts In Aviation Wildlife Mitigation – University Story, Paul Eschenfelder, Archie Dickey

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 10th (2008)

Wildlife strikes to aircraft in the USA have increased to over 35,000 per year, costing airlines millions of dollars in damage and general aviation/corporate aviation the lives of seven people in the last year. While various government programs are in place, the number and seriousness of bird strikes is not declining. Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, an accredited university which also offers flight training, has originated seven initiatives which serve to educate the aviation community regarding wildlife hazards, document the hazard, supplement the government’s efforts and reach out to the aviation community. These initiatives are fairly low cost and, for the …


The Bird Strike Risk, To Be Countered Or Contained?, Arie Dekker Aug 2008

The Bird Strike Risk, To Be Countered Or Contained?, Arie Dekker

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 10th (2008)

Chronologically bird strike prevention has gone through a number of phases. In the beginning of aviation bird strikes were relatively rare and considered unavoidable. With the introduction of faster jet engines, the problem became more prominent and birds were scared away from the runway environment. It was soon recognized that these re-active, corrective measures had to be accompanied by a pro-active, preventive approach in the form of habitat management. Nowadays, bird strike prevention is part of legislation, auditing and Safety Management Systems. It is however, still characterized to a great extend by measures that counter the problem instead of containing …


A Population Of Wild Turkeys (Meleagris Gallapavo Sylvestris) In Relation To Air Traffic Hazards At Pease International Airport, Angelic Debutts, Marsha Barden, Peter Pekins, Mark Ellingwood Aug 2008

A Population Of Wild Turkeys (Meleagris Gallapavo Sylvestris) In Relation To Air Traffic Hazards At Pease International Airport, Angelic Debutts, Marsha Barden, Peter Pekins, Mark Ellingwood

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 10th (2008)

In 2003 a wild turkey (Meleagris gallapavo sylvestris) was ingested into the engine of a KC-135E military refueling tanker at Pease International Airport causing more than $3M in damages. USDA Wildlife Services initiated emergency harassment and removal of wild turkeys inside the airport fence. This incident prompted a 2-year research project to better understand the local wild turkey population, concentrating on size and status as well as seasonal use of the airport. A total of 72 turkeys was radio-collared and tracked from 2006 to 2008. Results suggest that there are between 125-185 birds using the study area, which …


Parameters Affecting Bird Use Of Stormwater Detention Ponds In The Southeastern United States: Implications For Bird-Aircraft Collisions, Brian J. Fox, James B. Armstrong, Bradley F. Blackwell, James B. Grand, Wesley B. Holland Aug 2008

Parameters Affecting Bird Use Of Stormwater Detention Ponds In The Southeastern United States: Implications For Bird-Aircraft Collisions, Brian J. Fox, James B. Armstrong, Bradley F. Blackwell, James B. Grand, Wesley B. Holland

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 10th (2008)

Stormwater impoundments within Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) sighting criteria (10,000 foot line of sight around airport perimeter) increase the risk of bird-aircraft collisions by providing bird habitat, but the factors which influence this risk have only recently been investigated. Managers must find ways to reduce this risk, while still managing stormwater for environmental quality compliance. The FAA provides guidelines for stormwater management to reduce hazardous wildlife attraction (AC150/5200-33B). However, these guidelines do not quantify the role of pond and landscape characteristics in attracting birds to stormwater ponds. In a collaborative effort with the FAA and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s …


Personal Liability In The Aftermath Of Birdstrikes: A Costly Consideration, Larry A. Dale Aug 2008

Personal Liability In The Aftermath Of Birdstrikes: A Costly Consideration, Larry A. Dale

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 10th (2008)

Each year, the aviation industry is faced with the potential for extensive loss of life and property due to bird strikes. Indeed, the frequency and devastating consequences of bird strike activity dictate that these occurrences remain in the forefront of every airport’s wildlife management plan. Today’s airport manager, tasked with the ultimate responsibility for safe, secure and efficient operation of the airport, must also address the weighty issue of liability. Organizational and personal liability are significant threats that cannot be overlooked. Today’s court system bears witness of airport managers being held responsible and sued personally for injuries and death as …


Improving The Dna Identification Success Rate Of Birdstrike Remains Through Better Field Collecting Methods, Faridah Dahlan, Carla J. Dove, Marcy Heacker Aug 2008

Improving The Dna Identification Success Rate Of Birdstrike Remains Through Better Field Collecting Methods, Faridah Dahlan, Carla J. Dove, Marcy Heacker

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 10th (2008)

DNA barcoding is one of the ‘tools’ used by the Smithsonian Feather Lab to identify birdstrike remains. In a study conducted during fall migration 2006, 48% of the birdstrike cases received for identification from the U.S. Air Force (USAF) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) were submitted for DNA analysis. Using DNA ‘barcoding’ techniques, we identified nearly 68% of those cases to species-level which included 128 species of birds from 14 different Orders, and 12 bats. In the cases where we failed to obtain DNA (approx. 32%), the primary cause was due to fungi growing on the collected samples. Therefore, …


Comparison Of Non-Lethal Versus Lethal Control Methods For Red-Tailed Hawks And Other Bird Species At The Waste Management Outer Loop Recycling And Disposal Facility, Louisville, Kentucky, Usa, Russell P. Defusco, Kevin M. Mieczkowski, C. Jared Quillen Aug 2008

Comparison Of Non-Lethal Versus Lethal Control Methods For Red-Tailed Hawks And Other Bird Species At The Waste Management Outer Loop Recycling And Disposal Facility, Louisville, Kentucky, Usa, Russell P. Defusco, Kevin M. Mieczkowski, C. Jared Quillen

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 10th (2008)

Removal of red-tailed hawks and other raptors by trapping and relocating, euthanasia, or other techniques is often used by airport managers to address hazardous birds, however many professionals disagree about the effectiveness of this approach. Relocating birds has drawbacks due to expense, site fidelity leading to returning birds, and other issues. Lethal control methods suffer from permitting requirements and may lead to adverse public opinion. Removing birds by relocation or lethal means often results in other individuals, including inexperienced juveniles, attempting to fill vacated territories, with smaller territories, higher densities, and birds that may be less adept at avoiding aircraft …


The Ornithological Situation Of Military Airfield In Deblin In The Context Of Bird Strikes, Janusz Cwiklak, Marek Grzegorzewski, Stefan Krop, Ignacy Kitowski, Maria Curie-Skłodowska, Grzegorz Grzywaczewski Aug 2008

The Ornithological Situation Of Military Airfield In Deblin In The Context Of Bird Strikes, Janusz Cwiklak, Marek Grzegorzewski, Stefan Krop, Ignacy Kitowski, Maria Curie-Skłodowska, Grzegorz Grzywaczewski

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 10th (2008)

The problem of collisions of aircraft, especially military jets, with birds in Poland was neglected by years in spite of some serious incidences with casualties. Moreover, the number of methods that were used to reduce such crashes, still seems inadequate. We started the first project in Poland devoted to study on bird strikes on military airfields. The main goal of this project is to work out any possible methods to prevent aircraft, in the aspect of threats, concerning the safety of flights, from all kinds of birds, those which have breeding-grounds and those which migrate trough the area of military …


The Geese Of Queens: Movement And Management Of Canada Geese In Relation To New York City Airports, Scott E. Clemons, Allen Gosser, Martin Lowney Aug 2008

The Geese Of Queens: Movement And Management Of Canada Geese In Relation To New York City Airports, Scott E. Clemons, Allen Gosser, Martin Lowney

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 10th (2008)

Non-migratory Canada goose (Branta canadensis) populations are increasing and pose a significant threat to civil aviation as aircraft components and engines are not built to withstand the strike of a bird weighing in excess of 4 kg. Since 1995, 10 aircraft have incurred substantial damage after striking Canada geese while landing or departing from LaGuardia (LGA) or John F. Kennedy (JFK) Airports, New York City. As part of a research program to determine the origin of geese that threaten aircraft in New York City, we neck-collared 300 Canada geese within 8 km of either the JFK or LGA …


Sms And Bird/Wildlife Management Programs, Nicholas Carter, Samuel Hautequest Cardoso Aug 2008

Sms And Bird/Wildlife Management Programs, Nicholas Carter, Samuel Hautequest Cardoso

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 10th (2008)

As ICAO implements the new SMS (Safety Management Systems) requirements for all international airports with its amended Annex 14 and the FAA moves to a more formally delineated requirement to implement SMS at all Part 139 airports, airport managers will soon have to face the development of full-fledged SMS programs for their airports. As an integral part of an airfield’s SMS, bird and wildlife management will also need to be incorporated into the SMS. With a dearth of literature on SMS and wildlife management and without an abundance of long-term experience at North American airfields, airport managers will not have …


Bird Hazard Management On Wetlands At Uk Aerodromes, Andy Baxter Aug 2008

Bird Hazard Management On Wetlands At Uk Aerodromes, Andy Baxter

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 10th (2008)

UK aerodromes suffer consistently wet conditions that often result in standing water on airfield grassland or a requirement for water run-off and containment facilities. Such areas routinely present an attraction to hazardous birds including ducks, geese, waders and swans. Where possible, such features are eliminated from the aerodrome environment at the design stage or through the implementation of additional drainage. Practicalities and expense, however, can limit these options. This paper discusses the types of design features that are used to reduce the attraction of a wetland site to birds, and reports on the effectiveness of wiring, netting and bird balls …


“Buzzard Be-Gone”: Suspending Vulture Effigies From Roost Structures To Reduce The Possibility Of A Bird Strike, Steve Ball Aug 2008

“Buzzard Be-Gone”: Suspending Vulture Effigies From Roost Structures To Reduce The Possibility Of A Bird Strike, Steve Ball

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 10th (2008)

The turkey vulture (Cathartes aura) has a wingspan of 68–72 inches and an average weight of 3.1 pounds. It poses a severe hazard to aircraft at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point. Feedback from pilots indicated these large birds were soaring within the aerodrome. This coupled with a vulture strike to a C- 130J aircraft, induced Wildlife Services to bolster “traditional” efforts of vulture dispersal. Dispersal techniques involving pyrotechnics and lethal removal are effective, but migrant birds establish a “home roost” each autumn through spring on local tower structures. Our vultures like to roost on two 150 foot …


Quantifying Vulture Activity At Marine Corps Air Station, Beaufort, Nc, Michael L. Avery, John S. Humphrey, Rudolph Daughtery, Michael Milleson Aug 2008

Quantifying Vulture Activity At Marine Corps Air Station, Beaufort, Nc, Michael L. Avery, John S. Humphrey, Rudolph Daughtery, Michael Milleson

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 10th (2008)

Vultures represent a serious hazard to military and civilian aircraft throughout much of the USA. According to the Breeding Bird Survey, populations of black vultures (Coragyps atratus) and turkey vultures (Cathartes aura) in South Carolina are growing exponentially. Safety concerns in light of burgeoning vulture populations prompted the initiation of a 2-year study of vulture movements and activities at the Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) in Beaufort, SC. We trapped and outfitted turkey vultures and black vultures with solar powered GPS satellite transmitters. Each hour the location, altitude, and speed of each transmittered bird were recorded. …


Bird Strike Prevention: Bottom-Up, Top-Down And The Canadian Connection Between The Old And The New World, Luit Buurma Aug 2008

Bird Strike Prevention: Bottom-Up, Top-Down And The Canadian Connection Between The Old And The New World, Luit Buurma

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 10th (2008)

Bird strike prevention has always shifted between a scientific and a practical approach. Bridging these two states of mind was often difficult but also fruitful. Even within science a hidden philosophical battle between curiosity-driven research and problem oriented work can be recognized. The way states and market parties deal with respect to the bird strike problem reflects cultural differences and emphasizes the need of international cooperation. Canada has played a decisive role in this respect. It is intriguing to follow the foot steps of Solman, Gunn, Kuhring, Blokpoel, Richardson and MacKinnon right from the end of World War II. This …


Challenges, Circumstances And Considerations For Bird And Wildlife Abatement And The Importance Of Empirical And Historical Data At Central Florida Airports, Johnny Metcalf, George Speake Aug 2008

Challenges, Circumstances And Considerations For Bird And Wildlife Abatement And The Importance Of Empirical And Historical Data At Central Florida Airports, Johnny Metcalf, George Speake

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 10th (2008)

The central Florida region is home to a variety of birds and wildlife. Most bird species occurring in the eastern United States winter in, or migrate through, Florida. Ample rainfall, abundant lakes, ponds and marshes provide productive aquatic habitats for a variety of birds, reptiles and mammals. Airport operators are faced with a diversity of wildlife species and situations capable of adversely impacting aviation operations. Constant surveillance, dispersals, removals capture relocations, habitat and ecological modifications are the primary tools for addressing these issues. Area development has increased significantly in recent years making the open expanses of the airfield and unimproved …


The Bird Hazard Report As A Safety Tool, Flávio Antonio Coimbra Mendonça Aug 2008

The Bird Hazard Report As A Safety Tool, Flávio Antonio Coimbra Mendonça

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 10th (2008)

According to Cleary and Dolbeer (Wildlife hazards at airports, 2005), before solving a problem, it must be understood. A mandatory and first step toward understanding and solving the complex problem of collisions between aircrafts and birds is the collection and analysis of bird hazards. Therein lies the bird hazard report, as an important document that feeds the safety management system. Safety is typically managed from a systemic perspective in which the accident results from a chain of events. Despite the large amount of knowledge that exists about the dynamics of aircraft accidents, the investigation processes still identify in …


The Us Air Force (Usaf) Smr (Small Radar Program): An Overview And Status Report On The Operational Use Of Dedicated Avian Radar Systems At Usaf Airfields And Ranges, Eugene Leboeuf, Ted Wilkens, Ronald Merritt Aug 2008

The Us Air Force (Usaf) Smr (Small Radar Program): An Overview And Status Report On The Operational Use Of Dedicated Avian Radar Systems At Usaf Airfields And Ranges, Eugene Leboeuf, Ted Wilkens, Ronald Merritt

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 10th (2008)

Aircraft-bird strikes present a significant safety hazard to military aviation. The USAF began researching small mobile radars (SMRs) in the late-1980’s to provide close-in detection and tracking of hazardous bird activity on and around military airfields. Lessons learned from early field studies validated the ability of marine radar to detect and track birds, but identified requirements to automate detection and tracking for operational use. The first airfield to deploy a SMR for real-time bird detection for air traffic control was the Royal Air Force (RAF) base Kinloss in Scotland which installed a Geo-Marine MARS unit in 2002. Validation of the …


Let’S Talk Turkey: Integrating Traditional Wildlife Management Techniques To Reduce Hazards At Airports, Christopher Bowse Aug 2008

Let’S Talk Turkey: Integrating Traditional Wildlife Management Techniques To Reduce Hazards At Airports, Christopher Bowse

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 10th (2008)

Similar to many populations of large North American bird species, wild turkey populations have rebounded largely due to conservation efforts. Historically, reports of turkey – aircraft strikes are infrequent; however, in the last five years reported turkey/ aircraft strikes have risen by 47%. FAA National Wildlife Strike Database figures indicate 36 aircraft-turkey collisions in the past 16 years (1991 to 2006). Airport managers are seeking solutions to mitigate the threat to aviation safety that turkeys pose. Turkeys have become a highly sought game bird and the use of depredation to mitigate turkey problems at airports; while legal, could be viewed …


The Use Of Endophytic Turf Grass To Reduce Bird And Small Mammal Presence At Airports, Theresa Kissane, Jeff Brawn, Bruce Branham Aug 2008

The Use Of Endophytic Turf Grass To Reduce Bird And Small Mammal Presence At Airports, Theresa Kissane, Jeff Brawn, Bruce Branham

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 10th (2008)

Opportunities exist to develop airport environments that are unsuitable for wildlife and assist in long-term management of aircraft strike hazards. As part of a multiple year cooperative effort between the University of Illinois Center of Excellence in Airport Technology and the O’Hare Modernization Program, efforts are underway to design a wildlife unfriendly airport. One of the project elements is to consider vegetation selection. Some grasses contain endophytic fungi that produce toxic alkaloids. These alkaloids make the grass less palatable to both birds and mammals. To assess the utility of several grasses for wildlife control, fifteen field plots were established at …


Aircraft Birdstrike Avoidance Radar Systems – Looking Forward: Next Generation Advancements In The Technology, T. Adam Kelly Aug 2008

Aircraft Birdstrike Avoidance Radar Systems – Looking Forward: Next Generation Advancements In The Technology, T. Adam Kelly

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 10th (2008)

Over the past decade development of specialized avian radar systems for use as real-time aircraft birdstrike avoidance systems has moved from research and development into active deployment of the technology as an operational tool by airfield managers, bird control units and air traffic controllers. Today there are some 50+ known avian radar systems in operation worldwide supporting aviation safety and environmental applications with a number of systems being used daily by air traffic controllers for airfield flight safety. When manufacturers such as Geo-Marine and DeTect initially committed to developing production model systems for real-time operational use, market studies indicated that, …


Edwards Air Force Base Migratory Bird Report For The Replace Main Base Runway Project, Amber Hoehn Aug 2008

Edwards Air Force Base Migratory Bird Report For The Replace Main Base Runway Project, Amber Hoehn

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 10th (2008)

In 2006, the United States Air Force, in cooperation with several government agencies, began preparing for the Replace Main Base Runway Project at Edwards Air Force Base. The project would involve construction of a fully functional new runway, located near the main runway area, in desert scrub (Atriplex sp.) habitat. Bird air strike incidents are normally low at Edwards AFB; desert scrub habitat around the airfield area minimizes the attraction of migratory birds, including horned larks (Eremophila alpestris), which are the primary bird air strike hazard. In order to minimize attraction and nesting of migratory birds, as …


The Florida Statewide Airport Stormwater Study, Abdul Hatim, John J. Sansalone, Scott T. Brady Aug 2008

The Florida Statewide Airport Stormwater Study, Abdul Hatim, John J. Sansalone, Scott T. Brady

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 10th (2008)

Florida is one of twelve or fewer states that regulate storm water quality on a statewide basis. The most commonly used design for water quality management is a vegetated, permanently wet pond that is presumed to meet water quality standards. Also, typical designs fully convey extreme rainfall events to the same wet ponds, which must then be sized for flood attenuation. These design features can and do attract birds and other wildlife that can be hazardous to flight. The Florida Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration fund the Florida Statewide Airport Stormwater Study to develop data and approaches …


Capture, Color-Marking And Translocation Of Resident And Non-Resident Red-Tailed Hawks (Buteo Jamaicensis) At Portland International Airport 1999-2007: Overview And Evaluation Of An Innovative Program, Carol E. Hallett, Nick Atwell Aug 2008

Capture, Color-Marking And Translocation Of Resident And Non-Resident Red-Tailed Hawks (Buteo Jamaicensis) At Portland International Airport 1999-2007: Overview And Evaluation Of An Innovative Program, Carol E. Hallett, Nick Atwell

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 10th (2008)

Pacific Habitat Services began trapping, color marking and translocation of Red-tailed Hawks at Portland International Airport (PDX) in October 1999 in response to a high number of red-tail bird strikes. Initially, all red-tails were targeted for capture and translocation. Subsequent observations of returning birds led to the current practice of identifying and leaving resident adults and focused trapping efforts on non-resident, transient and migratory hawks. PDX strike data strongly supports the assumption that resident adults are less likely to be struck than non-residents. The data also suggests that residents with more experience are less likely to be struck than those …


The Ability Of Avian Radars To Track Near Miss Bird Strike Events: A Missing Informational Link, Matthew Klope, Michael J. Begier, Timothy J. Nohara Aug 2008

The Ability Of Avian Radars To Track Near Miss Bird Strike Events: A Missing Informational Link, Matthew Klope, Michael J. Begier, Timothy J. Nohara

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 10th (2008)

The management of problem wildlife within the airfield environment is a difficult job and today’s biologists require as much information as possible. Bird censuses and actual strike events provide a good picture, but there is a valuable data set out there that has been overlooked, until now. Recent advances in commercially available, digital avian tracking radars have for the first time enabled biologists to track and evaluate near-miss events to increase the safety margin for our pilots and crew. As a part of the Department of Defense, Environmental Securities Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) Project: Integration and Validation of Avian Radars, …