4.1.3.1. ENHANCED GPWS FUNCTIONS
4.1.3.1.1. EGPWS Terrain Awareness and Display (TAD)
The TAD function analyses the terrain in caution and warning envelopes (see Figure 4-3) ahead and below the aircraft. When a terrain penetrates one of these envelopes, the TAD function triggers visual and aural alerts.
The envelopes are defined by:
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A centerline that lines up with the ground track. A lead angle is added during turns.
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A width that starts at . NM (460 m) and gets wider ahead of the aircraft with an aperture of 3 degrees on either side of the centerline.
-An altitude floor that is computed according to the aircraft altitude, the nearest runway altitude, and the range to the nearest runway threshold. It prevents irrelevant alerts at take-off and landing.
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A slope that varies with the aircraft Flight Path Angle (FPA).
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A look-ahead distance that is computed from the aircraft ground speed and turn rate. It provides an advance alert with adequate time for the flight crew to safely react. The caution look-ahead distance provides 40 to 60 seconds of advance alerting. The warning look-ahead distance is a fraction of the caution look-ahead distance.
The TAWS displays the
surrounding terrain on ND
according to the aircraft
altitude. A color-coding is
applied as in Figure 4-4.
The Reference Altitude is
projected down along the
flight path from the actual
aircraft altitude to provide a
30 second advance display
when the aircraft is
descending more than 1 000
ft/min.
The EGPWS provides two
different modes of terrain
display on ND: Figure 4-4 : EGPWS co lor coding with peaks option
- Standard mode: the terrain is displayed according to the vertical
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