Aviation display depiction of weather threats

摘要

A method for indicating a weather threat to an aircraft is provided. The method includes inferring a weather threat to an aircraft and causing an image to be displayed on an aviation display in response to a determination by aircraft processing electronics that the inferred weather threat to the aircraft is greater than a measured weather threat to the aircraft.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
determining a first threat level associated with a threat posed to an aircraft by a weather characteristic based on radar return data; detecting a weather threat to the aircraft; determining a second threat level posed to the aircraft by the weather threat; and causing a pattern to be overlaid on an image of the weather characteristic displayed on an aviation display, wherein the pattern is overlaid on a location of the aviation display corresponding to the location of the weather characteristic in response to determining that the second threat level is greater than the first threat level.