Patent ID: 8174431

Claim:
A method of predicting turbulence comprising: receiving electromagnetic energy that has traveled along a path subject to the turbulence, the turbulence altering the electromagnetic energy; determining a first alteration of the electromagnetic energy caused by the turbulence by filtering the electromagnetic energy as it was received along a first path of travel by a first mobile platform carrying a first receiver, at a first location, by using a velocity of one of a transmitter of the electromagnetic energy or the first receiver that received the electromagnetic energy; determining a second alteration of the electromagnetic energy caused by the turbulence by filtering the electromagnetic energy as it was received along a second path, non-parallel to the first path, by a second mobile platform carrying a second receiver, and operating at a second location, by using the velocity of one of the transmitter of the electromagnetic energy or the second receiver that received the electromagnetic energy; and using the determined first and second alterations to determine a zone where the turbulence is present and to create a three dimensional model of the turbulence in said zone.