Patent ID: 8395534

Claim:
A method for generating alerts by a system configured for viewing meteorological data and generating said alerts in an aircraft, wherein said system comprises: a navigation screen configured to display meteorological data in a monitoring plane at a determined altitude (Zs), and an altitude determination unit configured to determine the current altitude (Zp) of the aircraft, said method comprising the steps of: adjusting said monitoring plane to an automatic mode to match the determined altitude (Zs) with the current altitude (Zp) of said aircraft or to a manual mode to view the meteorological data at said determined altitude, with said determined altitude (Zs) being different from the current altitude (Zp), wherein, when said displayed monitoring plane is adjusted to manual mode, the altitude difference (Dz) between said current altitude (Zp) and said altitude of the monitoring plane (Zs) is determined by a processor; comparing, by said processor, said determined altitude difference (Dz) with a first predetermined deviation threshold (S 1 ); and emitting, by an alert generating unit, a first alert (A 1 ) under conditions in which: i. said altitude difference (Dz) attains or exceeds said first predetermined deviation threshold (S 1 ) and ii. said altitude difference (Dz) diverges.