Storm topography mapping by radar identification of total storm contour in three dimensions

• US 3,302,200 A
• Filed: 07/20/1964
• Issued: 01/31/1967
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/1964
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: David Atlas
• Original Assignee: David Atlas
• Inventors: Atlas, David
• Application Number:
  US04/384,005
• Time in Patent Office: 925 Days
• US Class Current: 342/26.00D
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 13/951 ground based
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 90/10 Information and communication technologies [ICT] supporting adaptation to climate change, e.g. for weather forecasting or climate simulation

Claims

1. THE METHOD OF PROVIDING, ON A TWO-DIMENSIONAL MAP, A VISUAL DISPLAY OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA REPRESENTATIVE OF THE HEIGHT, WIDTH AND DEPTH OF A STORM, WHICH METHOD COMPRISES THE STEPS OF RADIATING PULSES OF ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY BOTH IN AZIMUTH AND ELEVATION, RECEIVING SIGNALS REFLECTED FROM SAID STORM, GENERATING VIDEO BOUNDARY PULSES OF SAID STORM FROM SAID RECEIVED REFLECTED SIGNALS, GENERATING HEIGHT MARKER PULSES IN PREDISPOSED RELATIONSHIP TO THE TIME OF SAID RADIATED PULSES, SAID HEIGHT MARKER PULSES REPRESENTING THE EXPECTED TIME OF ARRIVAL OF THE REFLECTED SIGNALS FROM PRESELECTED HEIGHTS, AND THE FURTHER STEP OF SELECTING FOR RECORDING ONLY THOSE VIDEO BOUNDARY PULSES THAT OCCUR AT ONE OF THE HEIGHT LEVELS CORRESPONDING TO ONE OF SAID HEIGHT MARKER PULSES.