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7515087 |
Weather radar system and method using data from a lightning sensor
A weather radar system or method can be utilized to determine a location of a weather hazard for an aircraft. The weather radar system can utilize processing electronics coupled to an antenna. The...
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7486220 |
Storm top detection and prediction
A method of predicting storm cell characteristics at a future time is provided. A value relating to a characteristic of the storm cell is determined from reflectivity data processed from signals...
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7460956 |
Systems and methods for time corrected lightning detection
A lightning detection system provides an estimated location of a lightning stroke. The system includes sensors, and an analyzer. Each sensor provides messages having sensor identification, an...
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7009550 |
Method and apparatus for monitoring and measuring oil spills
The present invention relates to an oil spill identification system and oil spill identification sensors to be used in connection with this system. The system is used primarily on fixed offshore...
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6850184 |
Forecasted radar mosaics
A system and method to build a radar reflectivity forecast mosaic from a collection of radar sites. The radar data from multiple radar sites is processed to create movement information for all of...
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6822574 |
Ionosonde
An ionosonde includes a signal-transmitting section for transmitting to an ionosphere pulsed radio waves whose frequency is scanned; a signal-receiving section that includes a loop antenna system...
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6791311 |
Lightning detection and data acquisition system
A lightning detection and data acquisition system. A plurality of remote programmable sensor is utilized to detect cloud to ground and IC lightning strikes. Analog representations of the lightning...
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6768946 |
Lighting strike position locating method, apparatus, system and program
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for locating the position of a lightning strike free of topography-dependent error by calculating a ground point having a difference in...
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6670908 |
Automated system and method for processing meteorological data
A computer based method of processing meteorological data to automatically characterize significant meteorological events is disclosed. Meteorological data is received and processed to generate a...
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6560538 |
Displaying lightning strikes
Lightning strikes are displayed as uniformly-structured (e.g., gaussian) kernels that decay in size and intensity over time. The lightning strikes may be displayed as they occur, or stored for...
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6297766 |
Portable weather indicating device and method
A portable weather indicating device includes a housing with a display that can be carried by a user during hiking, biking, or other activities. A communication link and microprocessor are located...
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6246367 |
Lightning locating system
A lightning detection system for detecting and locating an initial discharge of an initial leader stroke of a lightning flash. An initial lightning discharge produces a pulse that can be used to...
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6201494 |
Automatic storm finding weather radar
An automatic storm finding weather radar is disclosed that uses a storm finding algorithm to automatically control the weather radar to eliminate manual control. The storm finding algorithm uses...
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6064340 |
Electrostatic discharge locating apparatus and method
An electrostatic discharge locating system may include a plurality of receivers and a central unit. Each receiver may include an antenna. The receivers may receive radio wave signals emanating from...
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5907568 |
Integrated precision approach radar display
An improved precision approach radar (PAR) system using an integrated digital display for displaying the relative position of one or more targets, e.g., aircraft, to a preferred glide path and...
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5757322 |
Cellular weather information system for aircraft
Electromagnetic radiation from lightning is detected at a ground station which is part of a cellular network of stations; a computer determines a position of a thunderstorm associated with the...
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5724040 |
Aircraft wake vortex hazard warning apparatus
An apparatus for monitoring the position of objects in a space including a target supervisor, a location supervisor, and a hazard monitoring supervisor. The apparatus can detect and respond to a...
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5621410 |
Remote prediction of lightning hazards
The disclosure is directed to a method and apparatus for remotely sensing electrical activity and potential for lightning occurrence. The disclosure is particularly directed to the use of such an...
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5541501 |
Lightning and storm warning method and apparatus
A lightning ranging device which utilizes two frequencies in the field generated by a lightning discharge to determine range. The relative amplitudes of the outputs from two tuned receiver channels...
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5539409 |
Apparatus and method for windshear data processing
The present invention improves upon conventional windshear data processing techniques in three mutually exclusive aspects. First, the present invention provides an improved method and system for...
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5534868 |
Method and system for the detection and measurement of air phenomena and transmitter and receiver for use in the system
A system and method for the detection and measurement of atmospheric air movement irregularities such as wind velocity vector, clear air turbulence, aircraft induced vorteces and turbulence, by...
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5495129 |
Electronic device for multiplexing several loads excited by alternating current
An electronic device for multiplexing several loads to the terminals of a source of alternating electrical energy. The source(4) of alternating electrical energy is coupled by electromagnetic flux...
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5488375 |
Airborne weather radar system with icing detection capabiliy
A weather radar system with icing detection capability is disclosed. Increased radar system sensitivity is combined with aircraft outside air temperature to determine super-cooled liquid water...
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5471211 |
Receiver antenna for bistatic doppler radar network
A multiple-Doppler radar network can be constructed using only one, traditional, transmitting pencil-beam radar and one or more passive, non-transmitting receiving sites. Radiation scattered from...
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5469169 |
Receiver for bistatic doppler radar network
A multiple Doppler radar network can be constructed using only one, traditional, transmitting pencil-beam radar and one or more passive, non-transmitting receiving sites. Radiation scattered from...
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5359330 |
Microburst precursor detection utilizing microwave radar
A microburst precursor detector samples radar returns from meteorological radar signal reflectors and processes the signal returns in a statistical manner to determine average radar reflectivity...
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5331330 |
Apparatus and method for detecting and displaying lightning
A lightning detection and display system for aircraft is disclosed. A lightning detection system detects the bearing and distance of lightning strikes to the aircraft and the aircraft navigation...
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5325299 |
System for classifying lightning strikes to enhance location estimation thereof
A system for classifying detected lightning strikes detects signals representative of a lightning strike and processes such signals to generate a frequency signature thereof which is used to...
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5305210 |
Sampled data lightning strike detection and mapping system capable of early detection of an invalid strike from sampled data and quick resumption of monitoring an incoming signal
A sampled data lightning strike detection and mapping system receives a signal waveform representative of a lightning strike and digitizes samples of the waveform to generate a train of digital...
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5303152 |
Lightning strike detection system capable of quickly determining an invalid correlation of strike signaling
A sampled data lightning strike detection and mapping system receives first and second signal waveforms representative of a magnetic field, and a third signal waveform representative of an...
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5299127 |
Lightning strike detection and mapping system capable of monitoring its power source and of displaying a representation thereof on the mapping display
A lightning strike detection and mapping system includes a processor for generating a location signal of a lightning strike based on detected signals representative thereof. The location signal is...
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5295072 |
Sampled data lightning strike detection and mapping system capable of recovering a pre threshold sample history for detection and mapping processing
A sampled data lightning strike detection and mapping system receives a signal waveform representative of a lightning strike and samples the waveform to generate a train of data samples...
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5295070 |
Electronic dual language dictionary
A dual language information and dictionary machine permits operator selection of a message language, usually the operator's home language, and operator selection of an input word language. Operator...
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5263368 |
Hand-held lightning detection and ranging device
A hand-held electronic apparatus for the detection and ranging of lightning strikes wherein radio frequency signals from lightning activity are filtered to allow selected low frequency emissions to...
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5264852 |
Satellite equipment for measuring the backscatter coefficient of the sea
Satellite radar apparatus measures the backscatter coefficient of the sea to determine the speeds and directions of winds at sea. The apparatus implements three aiming directions per swath with the...
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5262782 |
Microburst precursor detector
A microburst precursor detector utilizes a multiplicity of radar beams and samples radar returns, in each beam, from meteorological radar signal reflectors and processes the signal returns in a...
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5247303 |
Data quality and ambiguity resolution in a doppler radar system
The pulsed Doppler weather radar system reduces ambiguities in measured parameters by staggering at least one pulse of each frame of n pulses transmitted by the radar system. The staggered pulse...
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5237331 |
Eyesafe coherent laser radar for velocity and position measurements
A coherent laser radar system operating at an eyesafe wavelength above 1.4 microns has been provided for measurement of the position and velocity of hard targets and aerosol targets, said system...
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5235341 |
Method and system for measuring the position of lightning strokes
A method and system for unambiguous pre-detection real time measurement of lightning strokes.
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5136296 |
Oblique spaced antenna method and system for measuring atmospheric wind fields
Oblique spaced antenna method and system for measuring atmospheric wind fields within a predetermined volume, wherein a pulsed beam of high frequency radar waves is transmitted in predetermined...
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5130712 |
Microburst precursor detector utilizing microwave radar
A microburst precursor detector utilizes a multiplicity of radar beams and samples radar returns, in each beam, from meterological radar signal reflectors and processes the signal returns in a...
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5093662 |
Low altitude wind shear detection with airport surveillance radars
Method and apparatus for detecting low altitude wind shear through the use of autocorrelation on the received and processed echo signals. Self Autocorrelation of echo signals and autocorrelation of...
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5036334 |
Lightning direction finder controller (LDFC)
A lightning direction finder controller (LDFC) for use at remote sites in a Lightning Detection Network provides information on lightning return strokes to a network controller. The LDFC digitizes...
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5028929 |
Icing hazard detection for aircraft
An airborne Icing Hazard Detector for aircraft uses dual frequency radar beams which are transmitted into a cloud ahead of the aircraft. The reflected signals at each of the two frequencies are...
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4996473 |
Microburst/windshear warning system
A system for predicting the occurence of microburst/windshear comprising at least one sensor for receiving lightning produced signals, a processor for processing those received signals to produce...
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4972195 |
Interferometric lightning ranging system
The lightning range system for determining distance between a lightning discharge and an airborne object includes a receiver on the airborne object adapted to receive electromagnetic radiation...
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4914444 |
System and method for synchronizing lightning detectors
A synchronization system and method for a lightning location system having a plurality of remote lightning detectors transmitting data to a lightning position analyzer via a communication system...
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4876551 |
Apparatus for the detection of an electromagnetic pulse, more particularly due to a nuclear explosion
The invention relates to an apparatus for detecting an electromagnetic pulse having a given origin, more particularly due to a nuclear explosion. This apparatus comprises means for sensing the...
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4841304 |
Installation for the detection and location by interferometry, in real time and at great distance of lightening strikes
The installation comprises a certain number of measuring stations, represed here as three in number referenced respectively 1, 2 and 3, equipped respectively with antennae I 1 , I 2 , I 3 , which...
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4806851 |
Thunderstorm sensor and method of identifying and locating thunderstorms
The thunderstorm sensor of the present invention includes a pair of orthogonally positioned magnetic loop antennas to provide signals representative of the north-south and east-west components of...
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