impact warning system
1Mount Rainier Volcano Lahar Warning System — The Mount Rainier Volcano Lahar Warning System is a loose knit, emergency notification and warning system developed by the United States Geological Survey in 1998, and now operated by the Pierce County Department of Emergency Management and… …
2Ballistic Missile Early Warning System — The United States Air Force Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS) was the first operational ballistic missile detection radar. The original system was built in 1959 and could provide long range warning of a ballistic missile attack over… …
3Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System — The Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System is a tsunami warning system set up to provide warning to inhabitants of nations bordering the Indian Ocean of approaching tsunamis. It was agreed to in a United Nations conference held in January 2005 in… …
4Terrain awareness and warning system — (TAWS) attempts to reduce controlled flight into terrain by improving on current ground proximity warning systems. TAWS does this by using digital elevation data and airplane instrumental values to predict if a likely future position of the… …
5Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System — Das Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System (EGPWS) stellt eine Weiterentwicklung des Ground Proximity Warning System dar. Die Federal Aviation Administration empfiehlt die Benutzung des Oberbegriffs Terrain awareness and warning system (TAWS)… …
6Supernova Early Warning System — The SuperNova Early Warning System (SNEWS) is a network of neutrino detectors designed to give early warning to astronomers in the event of a supernova in our Milky Way galaxy. Enormous numbers of neutrinos are produced in the core of a red giant …
7ground-proximity warning system — A system that warns the crew if the aircraft’s current flight path would result in impact with the ground. The system automatically and continuously monitors the aircraft’s flight path with respect to the terrain at all altitudes between 50 and… …
8Impact event — Artist s impression of a major impact event. The collision between Earth and an asteroid a few kilometers in diameter may release as much energy as several million nuclear weapons detonating simultaneously. An impact event is the collision of a… …
9Impact wrench — An impact wrench (also known as an air wrench, air gun, rattle gun, torque gun) is a socket wrench power tool designed to deliver high torque output with minimal exertion by the user, by storing energy in a rotating mass, then delivering it… …
10Distant Early Warning Line — DEW redirects here. For energy emitting weapons, see Directed Energy Weapons. USAF Distant Early Warning Line and Distant Early Warning System Office Emblem …
