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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2004
Francis W. Daly, Jr., Redmond, WA (US);
Francis W. Daly, Jr., Redmond, WA (US);
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method for short-term prediction of storm cells in aircraft using a modified weather radar system, and a modified weather radar system embodying the method. The storm cell prediction method including the operations of accessing first and second weather radar images generated relative to the aircraft and having a similar relationships to the aircraft; mapping the first weather radar image onto the second weather radar image; comparing the first and second weather radar images; forecasting information describing a weather condition represented by the first and second weather radar images; retrieving a phase of flight of the aircraft; and generating a warning as a function of the forecast information describing a weather condition and the aircraft phase of flight.