Dynamic weather selection
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorLouis J. Bailey
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Abstract
The different advantageous embodiments provide a system comprising a weather band selection process and a processor unit. The processor unit is configured to run the weather band selection process. The weather band selection process identifies a flight trajectory associated with an aircraft, identifies weather information for the flight trajectory, and identifies a weather band selection for the aircraft using the flight trajectory, aircraft information and the weather information.
Claims21
A method for selecting weather bands, the method comprising:
- identifying a waypoint for a first aircraft;
- identifying weather information for the waypoint;
- and
- selecting a plurality of weather bands for the waypoint based on the waypoint and the weather information, wherein each of the plurality of weather bands comprises weather information for a different altitude at the waypoint.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a dynamic weather band processor configured to identify a waypoint for a first aircraft, identify weather information for the waypoint, and select a plurality of weather bands for the waypoint based on the waypoint and the weather information, wherein each of the plurality of weather bands comprises weather information for a different altitude at the waypoint.
A method for selecting weather bands, the method comprising:
- identifying a flight trajectory for an aircraft;
- identifying weather information for a number of locations along the flight trajectory;
- selecting a plurality of weather bands for the flight trajectory based on the flight trajectory and the weather information, wherein the plurality of weather bands comprise weather information for a plurality of altitudes;
- and
- ranking the plurality of weather bands in order of importance to the trajectory.
A system comprising:
- a weather band selection process;
- and
- a processor unit configured to run the weather band selection process, wherein the weather band selection process identifies a flight trajectory associated with an aircraft, identifies weather information for the flight trajectory, and identifies a weather band selection for the aircraft using the flight trajectory and the weather information, wherein the weather band selection includes a number of weather bands, and wherein the number of weather bands comprises wind speed, wind direction, and at least one of temperature, pressure, and anti-thermal icing information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.