Measuring and testing – Fluid flow direction – Using a fluid actuated alignment device
Patent
1998-08-06
1999-11-02
Noori, Max
Measuring and testing
Fluid flow direction
Using a fluid actuated alignment device
7317011, 73178R, G01F 100, G01C 2100
Patent
active
059748753
ABSTRACT:
The invention provides a system for passive measurement of atmospheric temperature using a passive direction detector for detecting the energy of a narrow wavelength band emanating from a volume of atmospheric gas. The resulting signal can be associated with an effective temperature. The effective temperature can be associated with an effective range. The system generates a temperature map which can determine, at predetermined time intervals, atmospheric temperatures in an azimuth plane associated with a predefined range from the detector. The temperature map can then be used to calculate temperature gradients that in turn can be used to compute the average Richardson number over an atmospheric layer and other atmospheric conditions to predict the presence of clear air turbulence.
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Baker Martin C.
Barrett Joseph J.
Kilroy Clint P.
Leslie Kenrick R.
Shand Michael L.
Allied-Signal Inc.
Noori Max
Yeadon Loria B.
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