AIRCRAFT WEATHER INFORMATION SYSTEM

A system and method for downlinking weather data, generated by existing weather and data sensors, to a ground station. The ground station utilizes data from multiple aircraft to form refined weather information, and uplinks the refined weather information to the aircraft. The refined weather informa...

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Main Authors BATEMAN, CHARLES, D, HRUBY, JOHN, CONNER, KEVIN, J
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 28.11.2001
Edition7
Subjects
ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES
LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES
MEASURING
METEOROLOGY
PHYSICS
RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING
RADIO NAVIGATION
TESTING
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Summary:A system and method for downlinking weather data, generated by existing weather and data sensors, to a ground station. The ground station utilizes data from multiple aircraft to form refined weather information, and uplinks the refined weather information to the aircraft. The refined weather information is stored at the aircraft and picture generating equipment, such as an existing onboard ground proximity terrain picture and symbol generator, generates pictorial information depicting weather. The pictorial information is displayed, for example by an existing EFIS or weather radar display, in the form of polygons.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP19990908130