DIFFERENTIAL OMEGA AS A WORLDWIDE NAVIGATION AID

Although Omega is the only worldwide ground-based navigational aid, little is heard of its potential to complement satellites. This situation owes to the relatively poor accuracy (1 to 2 n.m.) of standard Omega, the range limitation (150-450 n.m.) of conventional differential Omega and the deterioration in accuracy at night, and to misunderstanding and doubts regarding the future status of Omega. The objective of this article is to present recent work on improving the accuracy and extending the coverage of differential Omega and to then illustrate how these techniques could be applied to give worldwide coverage.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Journal article
• Authors:
  • Stratton, A
• Publication Date: 1990-1

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 16 p.
• Serial:
  • Journal of Navigation
  • Volume: 43
  • Issue Number: No.1
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • ISSN: 0373-4633
  • Serial URL: http://uk.cambridge.org/journals/nav

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accuracy; International; Navigational aids
• Old TRIS Terms: Omega
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00659283
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Maritime Technical Information Facility
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 21 1994 12:00AM