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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:
Jul. 31, 2007

Filed:

Nov. 02, 2005
Applicants:

Pamela Posey, Carriere, MS (US);

Ruth H Preller, Slidell, LA (US);

Gretchen Dawson, Slidell, LA (US);

Inventors:

Pamela Posey, Carriere, MS (US);

Ruth H Preller, Slidell, LA (US);

Gretchen Dawson, Slidell, LA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01W 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A system and method for estimating ocean surface height and currents at points within a geographic grid. The method includes receiving bathymetric data from a global database, generating atmospheric forcing information based on a hurricane model, and estimating current and ocean height deviation for at least one grid point. In exemplary embodiments, the system is rapidly relocatable, has worldwide coverage, and can run on a PC at user selected frequencies and worldwide locations.


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