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Patent title U.S. patent Issue date NCAR/UCAR inventor Lab/Program
Differential Absorption Lidar for Profiling Temperature 12,061,287 B2 2024-08-13 Stillwell, Robert; Spuler, Scott; Hayman, Matthew; Repasky, Kevin S. EOL
Method and System for Determining a Floe Size Distribution 11,940,273-B2 2024-03-26 Horvat, Christopher CPAESS
Band Filter for Filtering a Discrete Time Series Signal 11,888,660-B2 2024-01-30 Hubbert, John EOL
Frequency Compensation for Clutter Filter Bias to Radar Data 11,300,653 2022-04-12 Hubbert, John EOL
Method and System for Determining Cloud Seeding Potential 11,256,000 2022-02-22 Xue, Lulin; Rasmussen, Roy; Tessendorf, Sarah RAL
Optical Filter 11,243,295 2022-02-08 Spuler, Scott; Repasky, Kevin; Nehrir, Amin EOL
Telescope 11,143,748 2021-10-12 Spuler, Scott EOL
Method and System for Providing Quality Controlled Data From a Redundant Sensor System 10,996,663 2021-05-04 Landolt, Scott; Gaydos, Andrew; Goodrich, Robert RAL
Regression Filter for Radar Data 10,914,828 2021-02-09 Hubbert, John EOL
Diode Laser Based High Spectral Resolution Lidar 10,794,998 2020-10-06 Spuler, Scott; Hayman, Matt EOL
Micropulse Differential Absorption Lidar 10,605,900 2020-03-31 Spuler, Scott EOL
Analog Photon Counting 10,473,521 2019-11-12 Hayman, Matthew; Spuler, Scott EOL
Poisson Ensemble Inversion 10,379,024 2019-08-13 Hayman, Matthew EOL
Calibration of Aircraft Instruments Using a Laser Sensor 10,352,813 2019-07-16 Spuler, Scott; Spowart, Mike; Richter, Dirk; Cooper, W.A. EOL
Method for Lightning Forecasting and Alert System 10,302,816 2019-05-28 Deierling, Wiebke; Ikeda, Kyoko; Steiner, Matthias RAL
System and Method to Measure an Atmospheric Thermodynamic Profile With a Compact, All-Fiber and Eye-Safe Lidar 10,295,672 2019-05-21 Spuler, Scott; Abari, Farzad Cyrus Foroughi EOL
Interferometer 9,952,031 2018-04-24 Hannigan, James; Mankin, William ACOM
Method and System for Generating a Distance Velocity Azimuth Display (DVAD) 9,851,441 2017-12-26 Lee, Wen-Chau; Jong, Ben EOL
Aircraft Expendable Instrument Launch Detector System  9,753,183 2017-09-05 Hock, Terrence EOL
Dual-Polarized Radiating Patch Antenna 9,520,655 2016-12-13 Cerreno, Jorge Luis Salazar EOL
Road Weather Hazard System 9,401,089 2016-07-26 Drobot, Sheldon RAL
Method and System for High Volume Sample Rate Holographic Particle Measurement 8,634,074 2014-01-21 Fugal, Jacob EOL
Thermal Plate Precipitation Measurement System 8,505,377 2013-08-13 Rasmussen, Roy M. RAL
Optical Multi-Pass Cell 8,508,740 2013-08-13 Richter, Dirk EOL
Optical Device for Correcting Geostationary Satellite Imagery for Earth Curvature Effects 8,189,956 2012-05-29 Johnson, David RAL
Radiometer Including a Cleaning System 8,182,613 2012-05-22 Semmer, Steve R. EOL
Self-Orienting Embedded In-Situ Flux System 7,949,481 2011-05-24 Maclean, Gordon; Militzer, John; Semmer, Steven R. EOL
Method and System for Demodulation of Open-Loop GPS Radio Occultation Signals 7,912,422 2011-03-22 Rocken, Christian; Sokolovskiy, Sergey UCP
Precision Polarization Optimized Optical Beam Processor 7,869,127 2011-01-11 Richter, Dirk EOL
Raman Cell for High Power Applications 7,869,469 2011-01-11 Spuler, Scott EOL
Method and Apparatus for Clutter Filtering Staggered Pulse Repetition Time Signals 7,728,765 2010-06-01 Hubbert, John; Meymaris, Gregory EOL/RAL
Method for Generating a Representation of an Atmospheric Vortex Kinematic Structure 7,728,760 2010-06-01 Lee, Wen-Chau EOL
Optical Device for Correcting Geostationary Satellite Imagery for Earth Curvature Effects 7,676,112 2010-03-09 Johnson, David RAL
Lidar System for Remote Determination of Calibrated, Absolute Aerosol Backscatter Coefficients 7,656,526 2010-02-02 Mayor, Shane; Spuler, Scott EOL
High Pulse-Energy, Eye-Safe Lidar System 7,583,364 2009-09-01 Mayor, Shane; Spuler, Scott EOL
Polarization Lidar for the Remote Detection of Aerosol Particle Shape 7,580,127 2009-08-25 Mayor, Shane; Spuler, Scott EOL
De-Icing Information System 7,369,053 2008-05-06 Hage, Frank W.; Rasmussen, Roy M. RAL
Precipitation Measurement Device 7,340,949 2008-03-11 Hage, Frank W. RAL
Sensor System to Distinguish Frozen and Non-Frozen Liquid Particulates 7,191,643 2007-03-20 Rasmussen, Roy M.  RAL
Temperature Sensor System for Mobile Platforms 7,156,552 2007-01-02 Fleming, Rex  UCP/JOSS
De-Icing Information System  7,129,846 2006-10-31 Rasmussen, Roy M.  RAL
Radar System  7,053,813 2006-05-30 Hubbert, John C.  EOL
Aerial Sampler System 6,997,050 2006-02-14 Fleming, Rex  UCP/JOSS
Method and System for Determining the Phase and Amplitude of a Radio Occultation Signal 6,731,906 2004-05-04 Rocken, Christian; Sokolovskiy, Sergey UCP