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Patent title | U.S. patent | Issue date | NCAR/UCAR inventor | Lab/Program |
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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 |