Hourly time-front computer

From Glossary of Meteorology



hourly time-front computer

A computer that shows the hourly travel distance of a vehicle under the influence of either a single or a complex set of velocity vectors.

One of the primary functions of the computer is to facilitate flight planning by the wave-front method. A special type of computer has been designed to be used on 4D charts.


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