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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2008
Loren M. Caldwell, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Shoou-yu Tang, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Martin J. O'brien, Conifer, CO (US);
Loren M. Caldwell, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Shoou-Yu Tang, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Martin J. O'Brien, Conifer, CO (US);
Ophir Corporation, Littleton, CO (US);
Abstract
A method for remotely sensing air outside a moving aircraft includes generating laser radiation within a swept frequency range. A portion of the laser radiation is projected from the aircraft into the air to induce scattered laser radiation. Filtered scattered laser radiation, filtered laser radiation, and unfiltered laser radiation are detected. At least one actual ratio is determined from data corresponding to the filtered scattered laser radiation and the unfiltered laser radiation. One or more air parameters are determined by correlating the actual ratio to at least one reference ratio.