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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 1995
Filed:
May. 24, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
A Jay Palmer, Longmont, CO (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Department of Commerce, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
356-4 ;
Abstract
A method of remote sensing of water surfaces using laser beams of slightly differing frequencies. Laser radiation scattered from the water surface is collected and processed to determine the surface gravity wave and capillary wave spectrum and surface currents. Maps may be constructed using either land-based or airborne .increment.k-lidar stations.