Migrating Birds Know No Boundaries. Proceedings of the International Seminar on Birds and Flight Safety in the Middle East, Israel, April 25-29, 1999

摘要

This is an interdisciplinary conference. Topics include applying bird migration research to bird strike avoidance, development of NEXPAD-based Aircraft Hazard Advisory System, the U.S. Bird Avoidance Model (BAM), birds and flight safety. Table of Contents: Developing a real time warning system in the Middle East - from vision to reality; The Royal Netherlands Air Force: Two decades of bird strike prevention 'En Route'; Bird flight forecast and information system; Next generation satellite-based technology for conservation and bird strike science; The Avian Hazard Advisory System; Three decades of tracking radar studies on bird migration in Europe and the Middle east; Review of 100 years of military; Aerodrome bird hazard prevention: case study at John F. Kennedy International Airport; The role and value of awareness programs in reducing bird hazards to aircraft; Conflict in the Royal Jordanian Air Force; Bird strikes and flight safety in the Turkey Air Force; Avifauna management policy of the Hellenic Air Force; United States Air Force Europe bird strike hazard reduction; Bird Remains Identification System (BRIS) - from a bi-national to a global database; From a local to regional ground survey network and its application in flight safety; Twenty-eight years of birdstrike damage in the Israel Air Force (IAF) 1972-1999; The United States Avoidance Model (HAM); Development of a GIS-based birds model migration model for the Middle East; A new technique for studying nocturnal bird migration; WSR-88D/98 Doperational capabilities and applications. Weather and biological targets; Factors affecting bird hazards in and around Israeli aerodromes; Factors affecting bird hazards in and around Israeli aerodromes; Pigeon and crow population control by trapping; Summary and action plan.