Patent ID: 9000972
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: G01C,G01S,G01W,Y02A

Abstract:
1. A system for displaying vertical weather information on an aviation display aboard an aircraft, the aircraft including an aircraft radar system for scanning a target weather cell, the system comprising: a memory device; and processing electronics coupled to the memory device and comprising a processor, an input, and an output, the processing electronics configured: to receive via the input a target weather cell selection from a user input device, wherein the target weather cell selection comprises a location information of the target weather cell; to generate via the processor a target information from the location information, the target information comprising direction and distance coordinates oriented to the aircraft; to provide via the output the target information to an aircraft radar system; to provide an altitude value of an echo top of the target weather cell based on radar return data stored in the memory device, and to cause via the output the altitude value to be displayed on a plan view of weather images on an aviation display in response to the received target weather cell selection.