Garmin G500 Pilots Guide - Page 13

Foreward Sec 1 System Sec 2 PFD Sec 3 MFD Sec 4 Hazard Avoidance Features Sec 5 Additional 4.7.13 SIGMETs and AIRMETs 4-49 4.7.14 METARs 4-51 4.7.15 Surface Analysis and City Forecast 4-53 4.7.16 Freezing Level 4-56 4.7.17 Winds Aloft 4-58 4.7.18 County Warnings 4-61 4.8 GWX Weather Radar (Optional 4-63 4.8.1 Garmin GWX 68 Radar Description 4-63 4.8.1.1 Principles of Pulsed Airborne Weather Radar 4-63 4.8.1.2 Antenna Beam Illumination 4-64 4.8.1.3 Radar Signal Attenuation 4-65 4.8.2 Radar Signal Reflectivity 4-66 4.8.2.1 Precipitation 4-66 4.8.2.2 Ground Returns 4-67 4.8.2.3 Angle of Incidence 4-67 4.8.3 Operating Distance 4-68 4.8.4 Basic Antenna Tilt Setup 4-69 4.8.5 Weather Mapping and Interpretation 4-70 4.8.5.1 Weather display Interpretation 4-70 4.8.5.2 Thunderstorms 4-71 4.8.5.3 Tornadoes 4-73 4.8.5.4 Hail 4-73 4.8.6 Radar Operation in Weather Mode 4-74 4.8.6.1 Displaying Weather on the Weather Radar Page 4-75 4.8.6.2 Vertically Scanning a Storm Cell 4-76 4.8.6.3 Adjusting the Antenna Tilt Angle 4-77 4.8.6.4 Adjusting Gain 4-78 4.8.6.5 Sector Scan 4-80 4.8.6.6 Antenna Stabilization 4-81 4.8.6.7 Weather Attenuated Color Highlight (WATCH 4-81 4.8.6.8 Weather Alert 4-82 4.8.7 Ground Mapping and Interpretation 4-83 5 Additional Features (Optional 5-1 5.1 Viewing Charts 5-2 5.1.1 Chart Panning 5-3 5.1.2 Choosing a Chart for the Current Airport 5-4 5.1.3 Selecting a Chart by Identifier 5-5 Sec 6 Annun. & Alerts Sec 7 Symbols Sec 8 Glossary Appendix A Appendix B Index 190-01102-02 Rev. B Garmin G500 Pilot's Guide xi