navigation acronyms, abbreviations and definitions - International ...

ERASMUS A EC exchange programme for students in 31 European countries
to study for part of their degree in another country.
ERBL electronic range and bearing line (radar)
ERC en-route chart
ERC European Radiocommunications Committee
ERD estimated range deviation (GPS)
Diff between the current MCS Kalman Filter state estimate for the
satellite's position and the satellite's position as broadcast in the
Navigation Data, along the path between the receiver and the satellite.
ERDM equation restore difference method (eg for DGPS)
ERF European Union Road Federation (part of IRF)
ERG Economic Regulation Group (UK CAA)
ERGS electronic route guidance system
ERIC European Road Information Centre
ERIC3000 is system for cross-border sharing of dynamic and semistatic
road info. 21 nations and 100,000 km of European roads.
ERNP European Radionavigation Plan
ERO European Radiocommunications Office (of the ERC)
Based in Copenhagen. www.ero.dk.
EROPS extended range operations (aircraft)
ERP effective radiated power
The product of power and gain of a transmitting aerial in a particular
direction.
ERP electronic road pricing (a form of EFC)
ERP enterprise resource planning
ERRI European Rail Research Institute (based in Uttrecht, NL)
ERRV Emergency Response and Rescue Vessel
ERRVA Emergency Response and Rescue Vessel Association
Was the SSOA until May 2000.
ERS En Route Supplement (for aircrew)
ERS European Remote Sensing satellite
ERTICO Euro Road Transport Telematics Implementation Coord Organisation
Not-for-profit coordinating body based in Brussels. Custodian of the
GATS Forum. www.ertico.com
ERTMS European Rail Traffic Management System (EU)
ETCS + GSM-R + ETML + HEROE.
ES electronic support (form of EW)
ES environmental surveillance
ES Extended Squitter (Mode S 1,090 MHz)
ESA electronic sub-assembly
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