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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 30, 2015
Applicant:

Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Jan Lukas, Brno, CZ;

Ondrej Kotaba, Orlova, CZ;

David C. Vacanti, Renton, WA (US);

Michal Dobes, Olomouc, CZ;

Brennan Kilty, Cheyenne, WY (US);

Assignee:

Honeywell International Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01W 1/02 (2006.01); G01S 13/95 (2006.01); G01S 7/04 (2006.01); G01S 7/06 (2006.01); G01S 7/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01W 1/02 (2013.01); G01S 7/04 (2013.01); G01S 13/953 (2013.01); G01S 7/062 (2013.01); G01S 7/22 (2013.01);
Abstract

In some examples, a processor is configured to predict the presence of ice crystals (e.g., high altitude ice crystals) in a volume of airspace based on radar reflectivity values and one or more other types of information indicative of weather conditions in the volume of airspace, such as one or more of: ambient air temperature and altitude. For example, the processor may predict the ice crystals presence by at least estimating the iced water content level within a volume of airspace of interest based on radar reflectivity values for the volume of airspace (e.g., stored as in a three-dimensional buffer) and other information indicative of weather conditions of the volume of airspace. The processor may estimate the iced water content level using a model that relates the information indicative of weather conditions in and around the volume of interest to iced water content in the atmosphere.


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