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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2006
Daniel L. Woodell, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Roy E. Robertson, Marion, IA (US);
Peter A. Olander, West Melbourne, FL (US);
Jeffery A. Finley, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Daniel L. Woodell, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Roy E. Robertson, Marion, IA (US);
Peter A. Olander, West Melbourne, FL (US);
Jeffery A. Finley, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Abstract
A method of detecting weather on an aircraft uses a weather radar system. The method includes determining a location of a reflective radar target, accessing a database having stored information relating to ground clutter of a reflective radar target, retrieving weather radar information associated with the location, and automatically adjusting the weather radar return threshold in response to the information. The method can adjust a threshold for a weather radar display, adjust a weather radar signal gain, adjust a tilt angle of the weather radar, or adjust a ground clutter suppression threshold. The method can be implemented by hardware and/or software.