Constant altitude plan position indicator for radars
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1. A method to display weather radar data comprising:
- processing radar volume scan data along an azimuth angle of a radar;
interpolating the radar volume scan data taken from adjacent elevation angles along the azimuth angle of the radar to obtain weather radar data corresponding to a predetermined altitude along the azimuth angle; and
displaying the weather radar data obtained corresponding to the predetermined altitude on a two-dimensional display.
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Abstract
A method and a system to process radar volume scan data along an azimuth angle of a radar, to interpolate the radar volume scan data taken from adjacent elevation angles along the azimuth angle of the radar to obtain radar data corresponding to a predetermined altitude along the azimuth angle, and to display the radar volume scan data obtained corresponding to the predetermined altitude on a PPI display.
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1. A method to display weather radar data comprising:
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processing radar volume scan data along an azimuth angle of a radar;
interpolating the radar volume scan data taken from adjacent elevation angles along the azimuth angle of the radar to obtain weather radar data corresponding to a predetermined altitude along the azimuth angle; and
displaying the weather radar data obtained corresponding to the predetermined altitude on a two-dimensional display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer-readable medium having program instructions to perform a method to display weather radar data, the method comprising:
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processing radar volume scan data along an azimuth angle of a radar;
interpolating the radar volume scan data taken from adjacent elevation angles along the azimuth angle of the radar to obtain weather radar data corresponding to a predetermined altitude along the aximuth angle; and
displaying the weather radar data obtained correspondence to the predetermined altitude on a two-dimensional display.
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12. A process of generating CAPPI data at a point C having an altitude H along an azimuth angle θ
- , the process comprising;
calculating arc length EC(φ
m) for each elevation angle φ
m of a radar using EC(φ
m)=(Re+H)×
[cos−
1(Re cos(φ
m)/(Re+H))−
φ
m], where m includes an elevation number, where 0≦
m≦
M, where M−
1 includes a number of elevation scans performed by the radar, where Re includes the radius of the earth, and H includes the altitude at which CAPPI data is to be generated;
generating a first technique of EC(φ
m) values indexed by a group selected from the elevation number m and the elevation angle φ
m of the radar;
determining the elevation angle φ
for arc length EC at each determined increment along the arc EC from EC(φ
M) to EC(φ
0) using φ
=tan−
1[((Re+H)cos(β
)−
Re)/((Re+H)sin(β
))], where β
=(EC)/(Re+H);
determining, at each incremented arc length EC in an interval 0<
EC<
EC(φ
M-1), a weight AC using weight AC=CD×
sin(φ
−
φ
M-1)/(cos(φ
M-1+β
), where CD=√
{[(Re+H)sin(β
)]2+[(Re+H)cos(β
)−
Re]2}, and calculating a range line DA for the domain [0;
EC(φ
M-1)] by solving equationdetermining, at each incremented arc length EC in an interval EC(φ
M-1)<
EC<
EC(φ
1), lengths BC and AC, respectively corresponding to elevation angles φ
m and φ
m-1 adjacent to elevation angle φ
, where length BC=CD×
sin(φ
m−
φ
))/(cos(φ
m+β
) and length AC=CD×
sin(φ
−
φ
m-1)/(cos(φ
m-1+β
), calculating a range DB for the domain [EC(φ
M-1);
EC(φ
1)] from the radar to a point B vertically above the point C along the azimuth angle θ
by solving equationand calculating the range line DA for the domain [EC(φ
M-1);
EC(φ
1)] from the radar to a point A vertically below the point C along the azimuth angle θ
by solving equationand calculating, in an interval EC(φ
1)<
EC<
EC(φ
0), a weight BC using weight BC=CD×
sin(φ
1−
φ
)/(cos(φ
1+β
), and calculating the range DB for the domain [EC(φ
1);
EC(φ
0)] by solving equation - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A system to display weather radar data comprising:
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means for processing radar volume scan data along an azimuth angle of a radar;
means for interpolating the radar volume scan data taken from adjacent elevation angles along the azimuth angle of the radar to obtain CAPPI data corresponding to a predetermined altitude along the azimuth angle;
means for performing the above two steps for the azimuth angles within a specified range; and
means for displaying the CAPPI data obtained corresponding to the predetermined altitude. - View Dependent Claims (28)
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