Wake vortex prediction using weather radar
AssigneeHoneywell International Inc.
InventorsCharan Ebsv, Brian P. Bunch, Marc M. Pos, Sibu Narayanan
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Abstract
An example weather radar system includes one or more antennae configured to transmit a radar signal and receive a radar return signal and processing circuitry configured to detect an aircraft based on the radar return signal. The processing circuitry is further configured to, in response to detecting the aircraft, determine, based on a strength of the radar return signal, a size of the aircraft and predict, based on the size of the aircraft, a wake vortex of the aircraft including a predicted position of the predicted wake vortex.
Claims20
A weather radar system comprising:
- one or more antennae configured to transmit a radar signal and receive a radar return signal;
- and
- processing circuitry configured to:
- detect an aircraft based on the radar return signal;
- in response to detecting the aircraft, determine, based on a strength of the radar return signal, a size of the aircraft;
- and
- predict, based on the size of the aircraft, a wake vortex of the aircraft including a predicted position of the predicted wake vortex.
A method comprising:
- transmitting, by one or more antennae of a weather radar system, a radar signal;
- receiving, by the one or more antennae, a radar return signal;
- detecting, by processing circuitry of the weather radar system and based on the radar return signal, an aircraft;
- in response to detecting the aircraft, determining, by the processing circuitry and based on a strength of the radar return signal, a size of the aircraft;
- and
- predicting, by the processing circuitry and based on the size of the aircraft, a wake vortex of the aircraft including a predicted position of the predicted wake vortex.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions for causing one or more processors to:
- detect an aircraft based on a radar return signal received by a weather radar system;
- in response to detecting the aircraft, determine, based on a strength of the radar return signal, a size of the aircraft;
- predict, based on the size of the aircraft, a wake vortex of the aircraft including a predicted position of the predicted wake vortex;
- and
- output the predicted wake vortex and the predicted position of the wake vortex to a weather radar display.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.