Patent ID: 9201146
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: G01S,Y02A

Abstract:
1. An airborne wind profiling method performed by a system comprising a computing device in communication with an airborne Doppler Wind LIDAR system and an INS/GPS system mounted on an aircraft, the computing device comprising a display, a memory, and a processor connected to the display and the memory, the method comprising: receiving an indication of user selected data processing parameters; receiving airborne Doppler Wind LIDAR data and associated INS/GPS data from the airborne Doppler Wind LIDAR system and the INS/GPS system; generating wind profile parameters using the airborne Doppler Wind LIDAR data and associated INS/GPS data and the indication of user selected data processing parameters; displaying the wind profile parameters in a single set wind parameter estimate display, wherein displaying the wind profile parameters in a single set wind parameter estimate display comprises displaying graphs of wind parameter estimates made using a two orthogonal direction based algorithm and a five direction based algorithm overlaid with dropsonde data; and displaying the wind profile parameters in a long haul wind parameter estimate display.