IntuVue RDR-4000 Weather Radar Pilot's Guide
Table of Contents 060-4492-000
ii Rev 7, February 2015
CP-1A/1B CONTROL PANELS 32
ELECTRONIC
FLIGHT DISPLAY 32
OPERATING
CONTROLS 33
SYSTEM
CONTROL 33
MODE
SELECTION 34
MANUAL
ALTITUDE CONTROL 34
GAIN
CONTROL 34
DISPLAY
ANNUNCIATIONS 35
DISPLAY
COLORS 36
FAULT
ANNUNCIATIONS 36
SECTION 5: PRINCIPLES OF WEATHER RADAR USE 39
WEATHER
RADAR PRINCIPLES 39
STORM
CELL CHARACTERISTICS 40
PLANNING
A PATH 42
AZIMUTH
RESOLUTION 45
ANGULAR
RESOLUTION EFFECT ON VERTICAL
RESOLUTION 45
SHADOWED
AREAS 46
EFFECTS
OF INTERFERING RF SOURCES 47
RADAR
WINDSHEAR DETECTION 50
WINDSHEAR/MICROBURST
DESCRIPTION 50
WINDSHEAR/MICROBURST
DETECTION PROCESS 50
WINDSHEAR
AVOIDANCE FLYING 51
SECTION 6: RDR-4000 TECHNICAL OPERATION 53
3D
VOLUMETRIC MEMORY SCANNING/PROCESSING 53
GROUND
CLUTTER EXTRACTION 54
FLIGHT
PATH WEATHER VS. SECONDARY WEATHER 55
ENVELOPE
BOUNDARY DEFINITION 56
MANUAL
WEATHER ANALYSIS MODE (MAN): CONSTANT
ALTITUDE 57
PREDICTIVE
HAIL AND LIGHTNING ICONS 59
APPENDIX 61
SAFETY
INFORMATION 61
MAXIMUM
PERMISSIBLE EXPOSURE LEVEL (MPEL) 62