Garmin Flight Deck 100 Marine Instruments User Manual


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Flight Deck 100 Pilot’s Guide
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HAZARD AVOIDANCE
ECHO TOPS
NOTE: Echo Tops cannot be displayed at the same time as Cloud Tops or NEXRAD data.
EchoTopsdata(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 Data
Displaying Echo Tops information:
1) Select the Weather Data Link (XM) Page.
2) Select the ECHO TOP Softkey.
TodisplaytheEchoTopslegend(Figure6-15),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
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