Radar Imagery Explained-Interactive eLearning Course

NEW! Radar Imagery Explained - $49.95 (2.5 Hrs.)
This Is an Interactive eLearning Program - Copyright 2020/Updated to 2020

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Welcome to this interactive eLearning course on understanding the uplinked cockpit radar imagery you receive on your moving map display. Most likely you’re interested in this course because you’re interested in knowing the meaning behind the many different colors you see on your cockpit weather display. That's what this course is about. 

In this course you'll learn about:

• The basics of radar theory.
• Gust/turbulence probability prediction.
• Why 40 dBZs of reflectivity is such a critical value for all aircraft.
• Estimating rainfall rates to predict in-flight turbulence.
• Interpreting the color values of different NEXRAD displays.
• How different weather vendors use different color scales on their uplinked weather.
• The strengths/weaknesses of uplinked weather.
• About ASR-9/ASR-11 approach control radar and convective weather prediction.
• Center's WARP radar system and Nexrad radar returns.
• Real time STARS weather radar information.
• All eLearning courses come with accompanying text in "Notes" section of player.
• Each course section comes with quizzes to test your knowledge.
• And much, much more.

This course is intended to help you identify the convective weather that you would be wise to avoid and how to "avoid it" through the use of cockpit radar imagery. This is an essential course for all IFR pilots who use uplinked cockpit weather. It’s also a valuable course for any VFR pilot with uplinked cockpit weather who wants to make better convective weather avoidance decisions in visual meteorological conditions.

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2. Open your Chrome browser (use Chrome to access these courses) and visit rodmachado.com. Go to the top right side of this page and log into your account or create an account USING THE EMAIL ADDRESS YOU USED WHEN YOU PURCHASED THE COURSE (if you don’t do this you won’t see your course!). Course links are found in the account window.

3. If you’d like to have the course permanently downloaded onto your iPad or Android tablet device, then download the FREE Articulate Mobile Player or the FREE Android Articulate Mobile Player App onto your iPad or Tablet device. Then visit www.rodmachado.com USING your iPad or Android tablet, log into your account and click the link to your course (please make sure you log into your account using the email address used when purchasing this course, otherwise your course(s) won't be present). You’ll be asked if you want to “Launch” the course in the Articulate player. Click “Launch” and the course will open in the player. When you visit the player’s library and click the course icon, you’ll be asked if you want to permanently download the course to your iPad/Tablet device. Click “Yes” and the course will downloaded. If you don't have room on your tablet device for the course, just unclick this button and you'll be able to stream the course at your leisure in a Wi-Fi area or via your device's data plan. Please make sure you have a strong Wi-Fi signal when attempting to download the course permanently to your device.

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