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      <title>IMPACT OF AIRCRAFT EMISSIONS ON AIR QUALITY IN THE VICINITY OF AIRPORTS. VOLUME I. RECENT AIRPORT MEASUREMENT PROGRAMS, DATA ANALYSES, AND SUB-MODEL DEVELOPMENT</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This report documents the results of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)/Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) air quality study which has been conducted to assess the impact of aircraft emissions of carbon monoxide (CO), hydrocarbons (HC), and oxides of nitrogen (NOx) in the vicinity of airports. This assessment includes the results of recent modeling and monitoring efforts at Washington National (DCA), Los Angeles International (LAX), Dulles International (IAD), and Lakeland, Florida airports and an updated modeling of aircraft generated pollution at LAX, John F. Kennedy (JFK) and Chicago O'Hare (ORD) airports. The Airport Vicinity Air Pollution (AVAP) model which was designed for use at civil airports was used in this assessment. In addition the results of the application of the military version of the AVAP model the Air Quality Assessment Model (AQAM), are summarized.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2002 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>FROM MILITARY BASE TO AVIATION SHOWPLACE</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The 1991 decision by Congress to close Bergstrom Air Force Base in Austin, Texas, created an opportunity that will help the capital of Texas meet its air travel needs well into the future. Austin's new airport, the first to be built under the Base Realignment and Closure Administration, is scheduled to open for passenger service on May 1, 1999.  The multi-use facility will host commercial airlines, general aviation, a fleet of state-owned aircraft, the Texas Army National Guard, and aircraft maintenance facilities.  Presented with the environmental and adaptive reuse nature of converting an Air Force base to a large commercial aviation airport, civil engineers were challenged to design and construct airport facilities around, through, over, and under areas of the airport that needed to be kept open during construction.  More than 31 engineering design contracts and 105 construction contracts will ultimately be issued as new facilities are woven into the former Air Force setting.  The airport will open with two wide-spaced parallel runways, a 25-gate passenger terminal, a 3,500 space short-term parking garage, and an adjacent 7,000-space long-term parking lot.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 1998 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>READY FOR TAKEOFF</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Microsurfacing received its first Air Force runway trial with the completion of a pilot project at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida.  The success of the project holds potential for greater use of the pavement maintenance treatment on military airfields. After being relatively inactive for several years, MacDill's 9,400-ft-long (2,865-m) runway has been renovated to accommodate air traffic by KC-135 tanker aircraft and to serve as an alternate landing site for NASA's space shuttle.  The first step of the three-step plan began when the "keel section," 75 ft (23 m) on either side of the runway's centerline, was milled out and replaced with a 2.5 in (64 mm) lift of hot-mix asphalt concrete. The second step was a dual application of conventional slurry seal to the outermost 125 ft (38 m) on each side of the centerline, classified as "an untrafficked extended shoulder area."  Microsurfacing was used as an overlay material on a 57.5 ft (18 m) strip on each side of the centerline in between the slurry-sealed shoulders and the centerline keel section that had been milled out and inlaid with new asphalt concrete.  The Air Force may consider applying microsurfacing to one or more taxiways at MacDill sometime in the future.  Applications on more heavily trafficked areas of the airfield would better assess how well microsurfacing stands up to routine aircraft traffic.  Thus far, the results have been positive.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 1998 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>CAN GIS REDUCE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING COSTS?</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This paper explores some of the benefits and pitfalls of using GIS for transportation planning analysis. It is based on application of GIS in a large-scale regional transportation planning study for Western Riverside County, California, and a small-scale study of transportation needs for the re-use of March Air Force Base. These projects have provided valuable lessons that may assist other planners who are wondering whether or how to get into GIS.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 1996 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>EMISSIONS MODEL FOR GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT: USER'S GUIDE</title>
      <link>https://trid.trb.org/View/406243</link>
      <description><![CDATA[This report describes how to change Ground Support Equipment (GSE) input parameters of the Emission and Dispersion Model System (EDMS) to reflect what of investigations associated with GSE equipment changes.  EDMS is a pc-based air quality impact assessment tool for airports and airbases.  The GSE extension adds the capability to estimate, inventory, and report emissions from diesel and gas-powered support equipment, such as generators, fuel trucks, air conditioners, and bomb lifts.  This user's guide provides a brief overview of GSE hardware and operations.  It also demonstrates how to use GSE options by guiding the reader through a sample problem which adds a new GSE source to the list of GSEs and links the new GSE source to a specific aircraft.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 1994 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>FABRIC INSTALLATION TO MINIMIZE REFLECTION CRACK ON TAXIWAYS AT THULE AIRBASE, GREENLAND</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[In August 1978 two types of fabrics were placed on sections of taxiways 1 and 3 of Thule AB, Greenland, to study the ability of fabrics with an AC 2.5 overlay to minimize reflection cracking in severe climates. Both fabrics should retain durability and mechanical strength under Thule's arctic conditions. (Author)]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 1982 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>CONTROL OF JP-4 EMISSIONS FROM UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The South Coast Air Quality Management District, in southern California, is presently requiring controls on underground JP-4 tanks at March, Norton, and George AFB. It is expected that such controls may eventually be required at other Air Force installations. Therefore, an engineering study was undertaken to: (1) review the problem for Southern California and make recommendations where appropriate, and (2) determine the extent of the problem for the USAF as a whole. This report covers the first of these objectives. After visiting the above mentioned Air Force bases, and completing an engineering assessment of potential control strategies, low temperature refrigeration and recovery of condensed JP-4 vapors is recommended as the best control method. (Author)]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 1980 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DEVELOPMENT OF A BIRD/AIRCRAFT STRIKE HAZARD ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This thesis effort was an attempt to identify a managerial tool that could be used to make decisions when comparing alternative methods of reducing bird/aircraft strike hazards. The general theory was that there should be certain identifiable factors present on a base that affect the probability of a bird/aircraft strike. A relationship was developed by using information from several bases which related to their environment and aircraft operating procedures. Using multiple linear regression, a model was developed to explain how the base's strike rate is affected by these factors. The effort resulted in several conclusions and recommendations that could be used in further research efforts in this area of utmost importance to the Air Force. (Author)]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 1980 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>SENSITIVITY OF NOISEMAP CONTOURS TO CHANGES IN AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Sets of numerically generated noise exposure contours are available for the vicinity of most domestic Air Force bases and many civilian airports. For such bases, a simple method for manually predicting the change in area enclosed by a given noise exposure contour is described. Such predictions are used for determining whether or not a full scale computer rerun is necessary for a given set of operational changes. The method proposed involves first estimating the change in contour value for a given point and then using that change in contour value to estimate the change in area enclosed by a given contour. The results of several full scale computer runs using the USAF NOISEMAP computer program to test the proposed method are presented. (Author)]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 1979 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>AN EVALUATION OF THE BIRD/AIRCRAFT STRIKE HAZARD DYESS AIR FORCE BASE, TEXAS</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Air Force Engineering Technology Office's Bird/Aircraft Strike Hazard (BASH) Team surveyed Dyess AFB from 20 to 30 September 1978. During this period environmental factors which create potential bird strike hazards were observed. Specific recommendations based on observations are provided to reduce the bird strike hazard. (Author)]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 1979 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS OF AIRPORT EMISSIONS</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This paper is of interest to those involved in regulation and analysis of aircraft related air pollution problems. USAF efforts to measure and model airport pollution are summarized. Efforts include: (1) a joint EPA study at Williams AFB, AZ which involves both modeling and measurement, (2) photographic studies to track plume rise, (3) theoretical model studies to analyze airport pollution. The author concludes that the Williams study, soon to be completed, will greatly aid in determining the accuracy of airport air pollution dispersion models, that air quality modeling studies have shown that state-of-the-art Air Force engines cannot be cost effectively modified to reduce pollution except possibly in the hydrocarbon area and that, at present, unpredictable thermal plume rise of aircraft exhaust renders model ineffective at locations close (.1 km) to the source. (Author)]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 1979 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>AN EVALUATION OF THE BIRD/AIRCRAFT STRIKE HAZARD AT DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, DELAWARE</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The AFCEC Bird/Aircraft Strike Hazard (BASH) Team surveyed Dover AFB DE, from 6 March to 17 March 1978. During this period, operational procedures, vegetation, animal populations and habitats were studied. Special emphasis was given to bird hazards to aircraft. Specific recommendations for operational changes and habitat modifications aimed at reducing the BASH potential at DOVER AFB are discussed. (Author)]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 1979 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>FURTHER SENSITIVITY STUDIES OF COMMUNITY-AIRCRAFT NOISE EXPOSURE (NOISEMAP) PREDICTION PROCEDURES</title>
      <link>https://trid.trb.org/View/56569</link>
      <description><![CDATA[This report describes the results of studies of the sensitivity of the noise exposure contours to various model parameters and assumptions presently in the NOISEMAP procedure. The areas within Day/Night Level (LDN) contours for ten Air Force airbases increased by 11 to 40 percent when the noise measure was adjusted for the presence of pure tones. The contour areas for typical mixed fighter, bomber/tanker, and training airbases were reduced by 3 to 11 percent by substitution of the SAE algorithms for ground-to-ground propagation and transition models, whereas adding the fuselage shielding algorithm reduced the contour areas by 13 to 22 percent. Since there is little firm evidence showing one set of algorithms more accurate than the other, the present NOISEMAP models will be retained until further technical analyses or new data show a clear basis for alteration.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 29 Oct 1978 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>LAS VEGAS GRAPHIC STUDY</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A graphic study was conducted by the National Aviation Facilities Experimental Center (NAFEC) to develop and evaluate a number of new procedural plans for the control of air traffic operating within the Las Vegas terminal area. A plan was also developed for a "head-on" type departure/arrival operation for Nellis Air Force Base (AFB). A controller opinion questionnaire was developed around factors that comprise elements of air traffic control that take into consideration the users, controllers, and the area. Each plan was evaluated by a panel of 14 air traffic control specialists. The new plans for the terminal area, along with the present operating procedures, were evaluated for each of four directions of operation or runway configurations and then statistically compared with each other.  The "head-on" plan for Nellis AFB was likewise evaluated, and results from the questionnaires statistically compared with present operating procedures at Nellis AFB. The results of the evaluation indicate that, overall, plans 1 and 2 were significantly preferred over the present system and plan 2 was also significantly preferred over plan 1. The present system at Nellis AFB was significantly preferred over plan 3 (Head-On Procedures). Basic reasons for the raters' choice of the Nellis present system over the head-on procedure were safety, complexity of operation, controller workload, and adverse effects to missions at Nellis due to delays. (Author)]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jun 1978 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>AN EVALUATION OF THE BIRD/AIRCRAFT STRIKE HAZARD, MALMSTROM AFB, MT</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The bird/aircraft strike hazard (BASH) at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana, was surveyed during the period 26 August-2 September 1977. Special emphasis was placed on local gull activities which contribute significantly to the bird strike potential. Recommendations aimed at reducing the airfield bird strike potential are part of this report. (Author)]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 31 May 1978 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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