Geomagnetics for Aeronautical Safety A Case Study in and around the Balkans /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Rasson, Jean L. (Editor), Delipetrov, Todor (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Series: NATO Security through Science Series
• Subjects: Physics.; Geographical information systems.; Mathematical analysis.; Analysis (Mathematics).; Potential theory (Mathematics).; Physical measurements.; Measurement.; Electronics.; Microelectronics.; Physics, general.; Analysis.; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography.; Potential Theory.; Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation.; Measurement Science and Instrumentation.

Flying safely in aircraft implies the use of navigation instruments. Among them, the magnetic compass is still a first choice for orientation and it is compulsory in all aircraft. In our increasingly sophisticated but fragile world of global navigation systems and gyroscopic sensors, the compass is...