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Airborne-Weather-Radar Interpretation

Airborne-Weather-Radar Interpretation Ian Gilbert
This familiarisation is targeted for aircraft equipped with Honeywell weather radar. The fundamental principles are, however, applicable to all weather radars in all aircraft.

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Airborne-Weather-Radar Interpretation

Weather-Radar Operating Principles and Interpretation. Presented by Ian Gilbert 1st November 2005

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Airborne-Weather-Radar Interpretation

Radar Principles and Operation

Goals of the Radar: (1) Find the distance to an object (often called a radar target).

(2) To find the direction to the target.

(3) To determine the target’s reflection characteristics.

Here is how it works:

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Airborne-Weather-Radar Interpretation

Radar Principles and Operation

The name RADAR is a contraction of the words RAdio Detection And Ranging.
This object is far from the radar. The Radar’s beam envelope.

This object is located near the radar.

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Airborne-Weather-Radar Interpretation

Radar Principles and Operation
The Radar includes a Transmitter, Receiver and Signal processor. Radar’s Display and Control

12 NM
Side view
Transmitted Microwave Energy (about 2 usec)

2 1 3
Radar Target

4

5
Scanning Radar Antenna

Reflected Microwave Energy

Antenna-scan motor

Radar Operator
Radar Target

Outgoing