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TAFs
( Terminal
A rea
F orecasts)
TAFs
a re
f uture
w eather
f orecasts,
c entered
o n
m any
( but
n ot
a ll)
a irports
a nd
i nclude
t he
predicted
f uture
w eather
c onditions.
NEXRAD
R adar
I magery
NEXRAD
r adar
t ransmits
s hort
h igh-‐frequency
b eams
o f
r adio
e nergy
i nto
t he
a tmosphere
f rom
the
g round
a t
v arious
a ngles
a nd
r eceives
r eflections
o f
t hat
e nergy
b ack
a t
t he
o riginal
s ite.
The
r eturn
s ignal
i s
t hen
a mplified,
p rocessed,
a nd
c olorized
f or
e asy
i nterpretation.
B ased
o n
the
t ime
i t
t akes
t o
r eceive
t he
r eflected
e nergy,
t he
r adar
d ata
p roduct
i s
a ble
t o
c onvey
t he
approximate
l ocation
a nd
d ensity
o f
p recipitation
a t
a
s pecific
l ocation.
T his
i s
t hen
d epicted
graphically
o n
t he
S kyView
m ap
p age.
NEXRAD
r adar
p rovides
h igh
r esolution
l ocal
r egional
i magery
a nd
l ower
r esolution
i magery
that
c overs
t he
e ntire
c ontinental
U S
( CONUS).
T he
F AA's
A DS-‐B
s ystem
t ransmits
b oth
o f
t hese
periodically,
l imiting
t he
h igh
r esolution
r egional
w eather
i magery
t o
y our
l ocale
t o
p reserve
available
A DS-‐B
d ata
l ink
b andwidth.
S kyView
p resents
a ll
o f
t his
d ata
s eamlessly.
TFRs
( Temporary
F light
R estrictions)
SkyView
c an
g raphically
d epict
F AA
t emporary
f light
r estrictions
( TFRs)
t hat
r estrict
G A
a ircraft
movement.
Weather
o ptions
Go
t o
M AIN
M ENU
>
M AP
>
M AP
M ENU>
W EATHER
O PTIONS
t o
a djust
t he
f ollowing
w eather
preferences
a nd
o ptions:
• NEXRAD
–
T urns
t he
a bility
t o
d isplay
N EXRAD
i magery
o n
a nd
o ff
• METAR/TAF
T ext
–
S ets
w hether
t he
M ETAR
a nd
T AF
r eports
t hat
a re
d isplayed
a re
i n
their
r aw
f orm,
o r
a re
d ecoded
p er
F AA
s tandard
a bbreviations.
R eports
t hat
u se
n on-‐
standard
c odes
( such
a s
t hose
u sed
b y
m ilitary
i nstallations)
w ill
b e
s hown
i n
t heir
r aw
textual
f ormat.
Displaying
N EXRAD
W eather
/
T FRs
When
a n
S V-‐ADSB-‐470
i s
c onnected
a nd
c onfigured,
M AIN
M ENU
>
M AP
>
b utton
6
b ecomes
a
"toggle
s witch"
t hat
a llows
y ou
t o
c ycle
t he
m ap
p age
t o
d isplay
t errain
/
w eather
i n
t he
following
w ays:
• TERRAIN:
N o
w eather/TFR
i nformation
i s
d isplayed.
T errain
i nformation
a nd
a ll
o ther
databases
( aviation,
o bstacles,
b ase
m ap,
e tc)
a re
d isplayed.
Manuel
d 'utilisation
-‐
R évision
M
Utilisation
d u
l ogiciel
d e
c arte
e t
d e
n avigation
Logiciel
C arte
e t
N avigation
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