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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2004
Ian J. Bull, Lake Forest Park, WA (US);
Steve Paramore, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Daniel L. Woodell, Robins, IA (US);
Ian J. Bull, Lake Forest Park, WA (US);
Steve Paramore, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Daniel L. Woodell, Robins, IA (US);
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Abstract
An aircraft weather radar system is disclosed. The system comprises a radar antenna, aircraft sensors, and a database. The system also comprises a processing device receiving information from the radar antenna and from the aircraft sensors and able to retrieve information from the database. Further, the system comprises a cockpit display coupled to the processing device. The processing device is programmed to estimate storm system characteristics based on the received information from the aircraft sensors and the database and to display the storm system characteristics on a vertical weather profile display using a graphical representation.