Satellite measurement screening to protect the integrity of existing monitors in the presence of amplitude scintillation

US9678212B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. · US

Inventors

• Joseph E. Scheitlin · Plymouth, US
• Mats Anders Brenner · Plymouth, US
• Kim A. Class · Blaine, US
• Randy J. Reuter · Brooklyn Park, US
• Bruce Johnson · Monument, US
• John M. Howard · West Chicago, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 28, 2014
• Grant date: Jun 13, 2017
• Expiry date: Sep 13, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01S19/08
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method of implementing a real-time screening process for amplitude scintillation is presented. The method includes detecting an amplitude scintillation event during a sample time period at an amplitude scintillation monitor; excluding associated satellite measurement data from further use based on the detection of the amplitude scintillation event at the amplitude scintillation monitor; detecting an end to the amplitude scintillation event at the amplitude scintillation monitor; and readmitting associated satellite measurement data collected after the end of the amplitude scintillation event as determined by the amplitude scintillation monitor.