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System for measuring turbulence remotely

  • US 8,174,431 B2
  • Filed: 01/26/2011
  • Issued: 05/08/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/03/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of predicting turbulence comprising:

  • receiving electromagnetic energy that has traveled along a path subject to the turbulence, the turbulence altering the electromagnetic energy;

    determining a first alteration of the electromagnetic energy caused by the turbulence by filtering the electromagnetic energy as it was received along a first path of travel by a first mobile platform carrying a first receiver, at a first location, by using a velocity of one of a transmitter of the electromagnetic energy or the first receiver that received the electromagnetic energy;

    determining a second alteration of the electromagnetic energy caused by the turbulence by filtering the electromagnetic energy as it was received along a second path, non-parallel to the first path, by a second mobile platform carrying a second receiver, and operating at a second location, by using the velocity of one of the transmitter of the electromagnetic energy or the second receiver that received the electromagnetic energy; and

    using the determined first and second alterations to determine a zone where the turbulence is present and to create a three dimensional model of the turbulence in said zone.

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