Patent ID: 8604963
Filing Date: 2013-12-10
Classification: G01S,Y02A

Abstract:
1. A system, comprising: a weather system; an aircraft radar system performing at least one first airborne radar scan of a specific region and receiving airborne radar return data from the at least one first airborne radar scan, the aircraft radar system transmitting the airborne radar return data to the weather system via a wireless communication link for supplementing ground based radar return data with the airborne radar return data, wherein the aircraft radar system includes a database of gaps of radar coverage associated with ground based radar systems, wherein the aircraft radar system automatically performs second airborne radar scans at locations associated with the gaps of radar coverage in the database along a flight path of aircraft and provides data from the second airborne radar scans; and wherein the weather system is configured to receive the ground based radar return data and to generate a first command for directing a second airborne radar scan, the second airborne radar scan being directed to at least one gap in radar coverage associated with ground based radar return data.