Patent ID: 7400385
Filing Date: 2008-07-15
Classification: B64D,G01P,G01S,Y02A

Abstract:
1. A method for remotely sensing air outside a moving aircraft, comprising: generating laser radiation; splitting the laser radiation into a projected component and a control component; converting the control component into one or more electronic control signals; projecting the projected component from the aircraft into the air to induce scattered radiation; receiving a portion of the scattered radiation as backscattered radiation; converting the backscattered radiation into one or more electronic backscattered radiation signals, including processing the one or more electronic control signals and the one or more electronic backscattered radiation signals to distinguish a molecular scattered radiation component from an aerosol scattered radiation component, and normalizing atmospheric return, by calculating a ratio of the filtered backscattered electronic signal to the unfiltered backscattered electronic signal, to determine one or more air parameters based on the scattered radiation.