Captain Over
15th Nov 2003, 04:52
Cold weather altimeter corrections are important, but where can you look up about HOT weather corrections?
Check out the Altimeter when it is, eg, +44 C. The readout of 2,000' doesn't jive with the Radar Altimeter *ON APPROACHES THAT TAKE YOU OVER THE OCEAN - AKA "SEA LEVEL" for those that sometimes land near the ocean....* (see someone's reply below). Of course these hot weather errors are not on the bad side of the glide, but still if there are any correction value "rule of thimb" available out there, for those what want to know, it would help some of us sleep better.
Jepp's "tables" section only covers cold weather flying. Are there any good websites that go over this? (I have yet to locate one on hot weather corrections that goes into detail.)
Thanks in advance.
C.O.
*edit to clarify example for those who haven't landed over water before
Check out the Altimeter when it is, eg, +44 C. The readout of 2,000' doesn't jive with the Radar Altimeter *ON APPROACHES THAT TAKE YOU OVER THE OCEAN - AKA "SEA LEVEL" for those that sometimes land near the ocean....* (see someone's reply below). Of course these hot weather errors are not on the bad side of the glide, but still if there are any correction value "rule of thimb" available out there, for those what want to know, it would help some of us sleep better.
Jepp's "tables" section only covers cold weather flying. Are there any good websites that go over this? (I have yet to locate one on hot weather corrections that goes into detail.)
Thanks in advance.
C.O.
*edit to clarify example for those who haven't landed over water before