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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2016
Applicant:
U.s. Army Research Laboratory Attn: Rdrl-loc-i, Adelphi, MD (US);
Inventors:
Wenbo Sun, Yorktown, VA (US);
Gorden Videen, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Michael I. Mishchenko, New York, NY (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/21 (2006.01); G01W 1/02 (2006.01); G01N 21/53 (2006.01); G01N 21/47 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/21 (2013.01); G01N 21/538 (2013.01); G01W 1/02 (2013.01); G01N 2021/4792 (2013.01); G01N 2201/0616 (2013.01);
Abstract
A novel methodology for detecting cloud particles is disclosed herein. This methodology exploits the optical glory phenomenon. According to one embodiment, a method for detecting clouds includes receiving data from a sensor which is configured to measure polarization of scattered light in a direction substantially opposite to the direction of incident light, and identifying, from the received sensor data, a cloud based on the polarization of the scattered light.