SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING WEATHER IN PROXIMITY TO AIRBORNE AIRCRAFT

Title:

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING WEATHER IN PROXIMITY TO AIRBORNE AIRCRAFT

Document Type and Number:

Japanese Patent JP2010241412

Kind Code:

A

Abstract:

To provide a system and a method for assessing weather in proximity to an airborne aircraft.

The dynamic weather model system and method are operable to assess weather 108, 110 in proximity to the airborne aircraft 104. An exemplary embodiment receives a radar echo signal from the weather, determines reflectivity information from the received radar echo signal, retrieves a weather model from a weather model data base 228, compares the weather with the retrieved weather model and the determined reflectivity information, predicts a characteristic of the weather based upon the comparison of the weather and the weather model, and determines if the predicted characteristic is potentially hazardous to the airborne aircraft or not. The weather model is defined by at least one weather modeling algorithm, and is defined by at least one of a parameter and a variable parameter range residing in a weather characteristic database 338.

Inventors:

KAUFFMAN DONALD C
BUNCH BRIAN P

Application Number:

JP2010054743A

Publication Date:

October 28, 2010

Filing Date:

March 11, 2010

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Assignee:

HONEYWELL INT INC

International Classes:

B64D45/00; G01W1/00

Domestic Patent References:

JPH07502341A	1995-03-09
JPH10123233A	1998-05-15
JPH05507148A	1993-10-14
JP2000155167A	2000-06-06

Foreign References:

US7486219B1	2009-02-03
US7109913B1	2006-09-19
US6683609B1	2004-01-27

Attorney, Agent or Firm:

Shinjiro Ono
Kazuo Shamoto
Yasushi Kobayashi
Akio Chiba
Hiroyuki Tomita
Fumitoshi Nishiyama

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