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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2022
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Venkata A. Sishtla, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Jacob G. Teague, West Melbourne, FL (US);
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Abstract
A weather radar system initiates a horizontal scan at a first tilt angle, then adjusts the tilt angle down during an intermediate phase of the horizontal scan, and finally adjust the tilt angle back to the first tilt angle for an end phase of the horizontal scan. The intermediate phase may comprise a fifteen-to-twenty-degree arc centered about a centerline of the weather radar antenna. The radar system may perform test horizontal scans at intervals within a predefined range, each having a different fixed tilt angle to identify tilt angles having desirable signal-to-noise ratio and signal-to-clutter ratio at different phases of the scan. Alternatively, the system may execute a vertical scan and at one or more horizontal positions to identify desirable tilt angles at various phases.