System and method for measuring ocean surface currents at locati

Details System and method for measuring ocean surface currents at locati System and method for measuring ocean surface currents at locati

1990-03-14

1991-02-05

Barron, Jr., Gilberto

Communications: directive radio wave systems and devices (e.g.,

Combined with diverse type radiant energy system

342 26, 342357, G01S 1386, G01S 1389

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049909223

ABSTRACT:
This is a system for measuring ocean surface currents from an airborne platform. A radar system having two spaced antennas wherein one antenna is driven and return signals from the ocean surface are detected by both antennas is employed to get raw ocean current data which is saved for later processing. There are a pair of GPS systems including a first antenna carried by the platform at a first location and a second antenna carried by the platform at a second location displaced from the first antenna for determining the position of the antennas from signals from orbiting GPS navigational satellites. This data is also saved for later processing. The saved data is subsequently processed by a ground-based computer system to determine the position, orientation, and velocity of the platform as well as to derive measurements of currents on the ocean surface.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4881080 (1989-11-01), Jablonski
patent: 4922254 (1990-05-01), Schuessler et al.

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