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Wind measurement systemA system for remotely measuring vertical and horizontal winds present in discrete volumes of air at selected locations above the ground is described. A laser beam is optically focused in range by a telescope, and the output beam is conically scanned at an angle about a vertical axis. The backscatter, or reflected light, from the ambient particulates in a volume of air, the focal volume, is detected for shifts in wavelength, and from these, horizontal and vertical wind components are computed.
Document ID
19770003810
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Other - Patent
Authors
Cliff, W. C. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Huffaker, R. M. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Dahm, W. K. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Thomson, J. A. L. (Physical Dyn., Inc., Berkeley Calif., United States)
Lawrence, T. R. (LMSC Huntsville, Ala., United States)
Krause, M. C. (LMSC Huntsville, Ala., United States)
Wilson, D. J. (LMSC Huntsville, Ala., United States)
Date Acquired
August 8, 2013
Publication Date
October 5, 1976
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Report/Patent Number
Patent Application Number: US-PATENT-APPL-SN-637268
Patent Number: US-PATENT-3,984,685
Patent Number: NASA-CASE-MFS-23362-1
Accession Number
77N10753
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
Patent
US-PATENT-3,984,685|NASA-CASE-MFS-23362-1
Patent Application
US-PATENT-APPL-SN-637268

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