Patent ID: 8354950
Filing Date: 2013-01-15
Classification: G01S,Y02A

Abstract:
1. A method for characterizing atmospheric turbulence for a point in space, the method comprising: receiving radar signals for a plurality of real radar resolution cells, each real radar resolution cell delimiting a pulse resolution volume; defining a virtual cell comprising two or more of the real radar resolution cells around the point in space; calculating a spatial variance of a spectral moment of order 1 based on the radar signals received for the real radar resolution cells included in the virtual cell; and calculating a spatial mean of a spectral moment of order 2 based on the radar signals received for the real radar resolution cells included in the virtual cell; and calculating a total variance of the velocity of the turbulence as a characteristic of the turbulence for the point in space as a sum of the calculated spatial variance and the calculated spatial mean.