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Cockpit Reference Guide

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Garmin G1000 Cockpit Reference Guide for the Beechcraft 200/B200 Series
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Radar images may have certain limitations:
• Radarbasereectivitydoesnotprovidesufcientinformationtodeterminecloud
layers or precipitation characteristics (wet hail vs. rain). For example, it is not
possible to distinguish between wet snow, wet hail, and rain.
• Radarbasereectivityissampledattheminimumantennaelevationangle.An
individual radar site cannot depict high altitude storms at close ranges. It has
no information about storms directly over the site.
• Whenzoomedintoarangeof30nm,eachsquareblockonthedisplayrepresents
an area of four square kilometers.
The following may cause abnormalities in displayed radar images:
• Groundclutter
• Strobesandspuriousradardata
• Sunstrobes(whentheradarantennapointsdirectlyatthesun)
• Interferencefrombuildingsormountains,whichmaycauseshadows
• Metallicdustfrommilitaryaircraft,whichcancausealterationsinradarscans
Infrared Satellite
Infrared Satellite (IR SAT) data depicts cloud top temperatures from satellite imagery.
Brighter cloud top colors indicate cooler temperatures occurring at higher altitudes.
Di s p l ay i n g cl o u D to p s i n f o r m a t i o n
1)
Select the GFDS Weather Data Link Page.
2)
Select the IR SAT Softkey.
To display the Infrared Satellite legend, select the LEGEND Softkey when Infrared
Satellite data is selected for display.
Datalink Lightning
Lightning data shows the approximate location of cloud-to-ground lightning strikes.
A strike icon represents a strike that has occurred within a two-kilometer region.
Neither cloud-to-cloud nor the exact location of the lightning strike is displayed.
If the aircraft is also equipped with the L-3 WX-500 Stormscope
®
, only one lightning
product may be enabled for display at a time.