Patent ID: 8130121
Filing Date: 2012-03-06
Classification: G01S,G01W,G08G,Y02A

Abstract:
1. A method for presenting turbulence information, the method comprising: responsive to a request received at an aircraft to view the turbulence information, identifying the turbulence information from turbulence data generated by a set of remote aircraft based on the request to form identified turbulence information; presenting a graphical indicator for each report of a turbulence in which turbulence is present and each report of the turbulence in which no turbulence is present in the identified turbulence information to form a set of graphical indicators, wherein the set of graphical indicators is displayed in a set of locations on a map based on where each report of the turbulence was generated; presenting an icon on the map indicating a location of the aircraft relative to the set of locations; and presenting a track of the aircraft along an active or modified route of the aircraft to a destination such that the set of graphical indicators are displayed along the route.