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Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2024

Filed:

Mar. 31, 2021
Applicant:

The Tomorrow Companies Inc., Boston, MA (US);

Inventor:

James R. Carswell, Yarmouthport, MA (US);

Assignee:

The Tomorrow Companies Inc., Boston, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/295 (2006.01); G01S 7/02 (2006.01); G01S 7/282 (2006.01); G01S 7/285 (2006.01); G01S 7/288 (2006.01); G01S 7/35 (2006.01); G01S 13/02 (2006.01); G01S 13/22 (2006.01); G06F 1/12 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/295 (2013.01); G01S 7/02 (2013.01); G01S 7/282 (2013.01); G01S 7/288 (2013.01); G06F 1/12 (2013.01); G06F 3/00 (2013.01); G06F 13/4221 (2013.01); G01S 7/285 (2013.01); G01S 7/356 (2021.05); G01S 2013/0245 (2013.01); G01S 13/225 (2013.01); G06F 2213/0026 (2013.01);
Abstract

A new measurement approach is disclosed that facilitates significantly smaller size, weight, and power (SWaP) spaceborne radar systems that can provide wide swath, high resolution observations. Multiple beams employed in the scan and the complex volume and/or surface backscatter signals of each beam is recorded. Each beam is electronically swept in azimuth where each beam is held at a constant incidence angle over the azimuth sector that covers the swath. Once the sweep is complete, the platform moves forward, by one along track pixel, and the sweep is repeated in order to provide continuous mapping of the volume and surface covered by the swath. Complex volume backscatter is recorded and mapped to each altitude layer to provide full mapping of the atmosphere.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Carswell, James. (2024). Conical scan weather radar (U.S. Patent No. 12146979). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12146979

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