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FAA News Release (August 4, 2005).  FAA Develops New Air Traffic Control Tower Siting Technology: Agency Sees Enhanced Safety and Cost Savings

   
bullet graphic Airport Obstructions Standards Committee (AOSC) Decision Document #05
   
bullet graphic Federal Aviation Administration (2006).  Airport Traffic Control Tower Siting Order, (U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Technical Report # 6480.4a).   Washington D.C.: U.S. Department of Transportation.
   

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Krebs, W.K., Hewitt, G. Murrill, S., Driggers, R. (2005).  How high is high enough?  Quantifying the impact of air traffic control tower observation height on distance perception.  Proceedings of the 13th Annual International Symposium on Aviation Psychology, 13, 322-326.

 

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October 17 , 2005 presentation: "Human Factors Research & Engineering: Tower Siting Visibility Analysis "

 

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Vollmerhausen, R.H. and Jacobs, E. (2004).  The targeting task performance (TTP) metric: A new model for predicting target acquisition performance (Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate Rep. No. AMSEL-NV-TR-230) .  Fort Belvoir, VA: U.S. Army CERDEC.

 

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Kohnle, A. Gonglewsk, J.D., Schmugge, T.J. (2001).  Statistical analysis of measurements of atmospheric turbulence in different climates.  Proceedings of the SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering , 4538, 93-101.

 
bullet graphic Federal Aviation Administration (1972).  Airport Traffic Control Tower Siting Order, (U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Technical Report # 6480.4).   Washington D.C.: U.S. Department of Transportation.
 
bullet graphic Moderate Resolution Atmospheric Transmission (MODTRAN) information: Please go to.  http://www.ontar.com.