Understanding Gmdss: The Global Maritime Distress and Safety System

ISBN-13: 9781138466999 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017

David Calcutt

Opis

Philosophy for A Level is an accessible textbook for the new 2017 AQA Philosophy syllabus. Structured closely around the AQA specification this textbook covers the two units, Metaphysics of God and Metaphysics of Mind, in an engaging and student-friendly way. With chapters onHow to do philosophy exam preparation providing students with the philosophical skills they need to succeed, and an extensive glossary to support understanding, this book is ideal for students studying philosophy. Each chapter includes: argument maps that help to develop students analytical and critical skills comprehension questions to test understanding discussion questions to generate evaluative argument explanation of and commentary on the AQA set texts Thinking harder sections cross-references to help students make connections bullet-point summaries of each topic. The companion website hosts a wealth of further resources, including PowerPoint slides, flashcards, further reading, weblinks and handouts, all structured to accompany the textbook. It can be found at www.routledge.com/cw/alevelphilosophy.

Spis treści

Part 1 The Global Maritime Distress and Safety System; Chapter 1 The GMDSS radionet; Chapter 2 Equipment maintenance requirements; Chapter 3 GMDSS personnel qualifications; Part 2 GMDSS Satellite Communications; Chapter 4 Satellite orbital parameters and outline satellite communication principles; Chapter 5 The Inmarsat organization; Chapter 6 The Inmarsat-A system; Chapter 7 The Inmarsat-B system; Chapter 8 The Inmarsat-C system; Chapter 9 The Inmarsat-M system; Chapter 10 Satellite mobile frequency bands; Chapter 11 The future; Part 3 Terrestrial Communications; Chapter 12 Signal propagation and the radio spectrum; Chapter 13 Antenna systems; Chapter 14 Radiocommunications systems; Chapter 15 The future;

O autorze

L. Tetley, D. Calcutt