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Airborne tracking sunphotometer apparatus and systemAn airborne tracking Sun photometer apparatus has a rotatable dome. An azimuth drive motor is connected to rotate the dome. The dome has an equatorial slot. A cylindrical housing is pivotally mounted inside the dome at the equatorial slot. A photometer is mounted in the housing to move in the equatorial slot as the housing pivots. The photometer has an end facing from the slot with an optical flat transparent window. An elevation drive motor is connected to pivot the cylindrical housing. The rotatable dome is mounted in the bulkhead of an aircraft to extend from the interior of the aircraft. A Sun sensor causes the photometer to track the Sun automatically. Alternatively, the photometer may be oriented manually or by computer.
Document ID
19880005110
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Other - Patent
Authors
Matsumoto, Yutaka (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Mina, Cesar (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Russell, Philip B. (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Vanark, William B. (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 13, 2013
Publication Date
December 1, 1987
Subject Category
Energy Production And Conversion
Report/Patent Number
Patent Number: US-PATENT-4,710,618
Patent Application Number: US-PATENT-APPL-SN-823712
Patent Number: NASA-CASE-ARC-11622-1
Accession Number
88N14492
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
Patent
US-PATENT-4,710,618|NASA-CASE-ARC-11622-1
Patent Application
US-PATENT-APPL-SN-823712

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