Pateotana1512 31 Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 hi everyone just got sp3 and i must say the performance is pretty good and finally a fully functional weather radar is great but can someone explain to me how does MAP mode work if i point the Tilt down i only get ground clutter but if i leave it in auto i get Yellow on ND and what the colours on MAP mode mean like yellow green... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alu 3 Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Hi Bruno, in your picture all is fine! The Airbus Weather Radar only show rainclouds. When you fly in an Area with no rain clouds, the Radar show nothing. Yellow, green and red are the colours of the current weather/Rain status in your area. Green: OK, Yellow: Moderat, Red: Bad See the Manual of the Airbus, there you find all about Weather Radar and his functionality. Regards, Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pateotana1512 31 Posted April 14, 2015 Author Share Posted April 14, 2015 Hi Bruno, in your picture all is fine! The Airbus Weather Radar only show rainclouds. When you fly in an Area with no rain clouds, the Radar show nothing. Yellow, green and red are the colours of the current weather/Rain status in your area. Green: OK, Yellow: Moderat, Red: Bad See the Manual of the Airbus, there you find all about Weather Radar and his functionality. Regards, Peter Hi yes i know that it will only show rain in clouds when in WX mode i was asking about MAP mode how does it work and what do does colour mean i think they are different from WX/WX+T modes anyway thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deputy Sheriffs mopperle 4162 Posted April 14, 2015 Deputy Sheriffs Share Posted April 14, 2015 The step-by-step guide explains a lot. And a good addition is this Airbus document: http://www.airbus.com/fileadmin/media_gallery/files/safety_library_items/AirbusSafetyLib_-FLT_OPS-ADV_WX-SEQ07.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D192 83 Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 It is not a 'map mode'. It is a terrain radar..... it shows terrain elevation. Hence, you will only see the colours when reasonably close to the ground. It does have a feature that shows water, and so, if you are closer to the ground and near a coast, you will see terrain and water together, forming coastlines. However, the thing to remember is that it is a terrain radar, not a moving map. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deputy Sheriffs mopperle 4162 Posted April 15, 2015 Deputy Sheriffs Share Posted April 15, 2015 However, the thing to remember is that it is a terrain radar, not a moving map. Sorry, but this is completely wrong! There is no terrain radar. it is simply called Terrain on ND. And what is shown there is based on a database and not a radar. Military aircraft sometimes have a terrain radar, but for a completely different purpose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheyenne Chief Pilot 829 Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Bruno, the map mode of the weather radar will show colours according to the strength of the radar returns from the ground, just like the WX and WX+T modes do with returns from the precipitation: weaker returns are shown in green, stronger returns in red, with yellow somewhere in between. I haven't found much more concerning the colours in map mode; the only reference I am aware of is the reflectivity scale on p. 4 of the document Otto provided the link for, and the note on p.13: "Note: In MAP mode, the gain should always be reduced because of the high reflectivity of the ground." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D192 83 Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 Sorry, but this is completely wrong! There is no terrain radar. it is simply called Terrain on ND. And what is shown there is based on a database and not a radar. Military aircraft sometimes have a terrain radar, but for a completely different purpose. Ok, but it's not a full "map" representation is it? It doesn't consistantly show all coastlines, terrain and water bodies does it? That was the point I was making. It may be database-based, rather than radar-based, but it's still a database of terrain, not a full map presentation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty260191 23 Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 how upto date is this database? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pateotana1512 31 Posted April 16, 2015 Author Share Posted April 16, 2015 Thank you all for your explanations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerosoft Aerosoft Team [Inactive Account] 51558 Posted April 16, 2015 Aerosoft Share Posted April 16, 2015 how upto date is this database? How much do you think mountains and islands move? The database could be a few thousand years old and still pretty valid. To be clear.... Ground display on a weather radar is based on radar returns, not on a database. You can see islands etc. Terrain Display on the ND is based on a database. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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