Airbus. Getting To Grips with Surveillance

Issue 1. Flight Operations Support & Line Assistance. Customer Services. Airbus S. A. S., 2009. — 264 p.The present brochure describes the surveillance in the broad sense of the term, from an airborne system perspective. It covers existing systems (e.g. transponder, TCAS, TAWS, etc) as well as emerging systems (e.g. AESS, ATSAW, etc) and new technologies (e.g. ADS-B).
The present brochure provides supplementary information to existing Flight Operations documents (CBT, FCOM, FCTM, FOBN). Therefore, the present brochure intentionally limits the set of recommendations. Please refer to existing Flight Operations documents for the complete set of recommendations.Executive SummaryAirbus ReferencesAircraft Identification and Position Reporting
Traffic Surveillance
Terrain Surveillance
Runway Surveillance
Weather Surveillance
Aircraft Environment Surveillance
Appendix A - Worldwide ADS-B Implementation
Appendix B - ADS-B Phraseology
Appendix C - ATSAW In Trail Procedure (ITP)
Appendix D - ATSAW Visual Separation On Approach (VSA)
Appendix E - NUC, NAC, NIC, SIL
Appendix F - Identification of an Aircraft
Appendix G - Aviation Meteorology Reminders
Appendix H - Low Level Wind Shear Effects on Aircraft Performances