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Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014

Filed:

Jul. 29, 2010
Applicants:

Peter Tchoryk, Jr., Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Charles J. Richey, San Francisco, CA (US);

Paul Byron Hays, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

David Keith Johnson, Canton, MI (US);

David Michael Zuk, Dexter, MI (US);

Inventors:

Peter Tchoryk, Jr., Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Charles J. Richey, San Francisco, CA (US);

Paul Byron Hays, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

David Keith Johnson, Canton, MI (US);

David Michael Zuk, Dexter, MI (US);

Assignee:

Michigan Aerospace Corporation, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03D 9/00 (2006.01); H02P 9/04 (2006.01); G01S 17/58 (2006.01); G01S 17/95 (2006.01); G01W 1/02 (2006.01); G01S 7/497 (2006.01); G01S 17/87 (2006.01); G01S 7/491 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G01P 13/02 (2006.01); G01S 17/89 (2006.01); G01P 5/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01P 13/02 (2013.01); G01S 17/58 (2013.01); G01S 17/95 (2013.01); G01W 1/02 (2013.01); G01S 7/497 (2013.01); G01S 17/87 (2013.01); G01S 7/491 (2013.01); G01S 7/481 (2013.01); G01S 17/89 (2013.01); G01P 5/26 (2013.01);
Abstract

A magnitude and direction, or a measure responsive thereto, of a velocity (V) of a first portion () of an atmosphere () are determined from at least first and second portions of scattered light () generated along a common beam of light () within the first portion () of the atmosphere () and received along linearly independent directions at locations that are relatively remote with respect to one another, at least one of which is relatively remote from a source () of the beam of light ().


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