Pilot's Guide

Garmin G1000 Pilot’s Guide for the Cessna Corvalis/Corvalis TT
190-00552-05 Rev. A
SYSTEM
OVERVIEW
FLIGHT
INSTRUMENTS
EIS
AUDIO PANEL
& CNS
FLIGHT
MANAGEMENT
HAZARD
AVOIDANCE
AFCS
ADDITIONAL
FEATURES
APPENDICESINDEX
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HAZARD AVOIDANCE
ECHO TOPS
NOTE: Echo Tops cannot be displayed at the same time as NEXRAD or Cloud Tops are selected for display.
TheEchoTopsweatherproduct(Figure6-14)showsthelocation,elevation,anddirectionofthehighest
radarecho.Thehighestradarechodoesnotindicatethetopofastormorclouds;ratheritindicatesthe
highestaltitudeatwhichprecipitationisdetected.InformationisderivedfromNEXRADdata.
Figure 6-14 Echo Tops Weather Product
No Radar
Coverage
Displaying Echo Tops information:
1) Select the Weather Data Link (XM) Page with the FMS Knob.
2) Select the ECHO TOP Softkey.
TodisplaytheEchoTopslegend,selecttheLEGENDSoftkeywhenEchoTopsisselectedfordisplay.Since
EchoTopsandCloudTopsusethesamecolorscalingtorepresentaltitude,displayoftheseweatherproducts
ismutuallyexclusive.WhenEchoTopsisactivated,NEXRADandCloudTopsdataareremoved.
Figure 6-15 Echo Tops Legend
No Radar
Coverage