Pilot's Guide

190-00552-05 Rev. A
Garmin G1000 Pilot’s Guide for the Corvalis/Corvalis TT
SYSTEM
OVERVIEW
FLIGHT
INSTRUMENTS
EIS
AUDIO PANEL
& CNS
FLIGHT
MANAGEMENT
HAZARD
AVOIDANCE
AFCS
ADDITIONAL
FEATURES
APPENDICES INDEX
299
HAZARD AVOIDANCE
ThedisplayofnoradarcoverageisalwaysactivewheneithertheNEXRADorEchoTopsweatherproducts
are displayed.  These areas where NEXRAD radar coverage and Echo Tops information is not currently
available or is not being collected are indicated with a gray shade of purple.
CLOUD TOPS
NOTE: Cloud Tops and Echo Tops cannot be displayed at the same time.
TheCloudTopsweatherproduct(Figure6-16)depictscloudtopaltitudesasdeterminedfromsatellite
imagery.
Figure 6-16 Cloud Tops Weather Product
Map Pointer
Activated to
Select Echo
Tops Data
Cloud Tops
Information
for Area
Selected with
Map Pointer
Displaying Cloud Tops information:
1) Select the Weather Data Link (XM) Page with the FMS Knob.
2) Select the CLD TOP Softkey.
TodisplaytheCloudTopslegend,selecttheLEGENDSoftkeywhenCloudTopsisselectedfordisplay.
SinceCloudTopsandEchoTopsusethesamecolorscalingtorepresentaltitude,displayoftheseweather
productsismutuallyexclusive.WhenCloudTopsisactivated,theEchoTopsweatherproductisremoved.
Figure 6-17 Cloud Tops Legend