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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:
Jul. 13, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 21, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sophie Gouenard, Toulouse, FR;
Laurent Rey, l'Union, FR;
Assignee:
Alcatel Espace, Nanterre Cedex, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
342120 ; 342121 ; 342122 ; 342123 ; 342128 ; 342192 ; 342196 ;
Abstract
An altimetric type measurement method for use on a satellite transmits a pulse towards the surface of the sea and carries out frequency transformation on the return signal resulting from the reflection of this pulse at the surface of the sea. This produces a spectral signal of samples successively comprising: