METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COLLECTING AIR DATA USING A LASER-INDUCED PLASMA CHANNEL

A method of measuring air data of an aircraft is provided. The method includes emitting, by a laser disposed on the aircraft, laser light into air outside the aircraft, the laser tuned to induce a laser-induced plasma channel (LIPC) in the air. The method also includes sensing, by a sensor system di...

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1. Verfasser:	Tillotson, Brian J
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES INDICATING PRESENCE, ABSENCE, OR DIRECTION, OF MOVEMENT LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES MEASURING MEASURING LINEAR OR ANGULAR SPEED, ACCELERATION, DECELERATION,OR SHOCK MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUIDLEVEL METERING BY VOLUME PHYSICS RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING RADIO NAVIGATION TESTING
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Zusammenfassung:	A method of measuring air data of an aircraft is provided. The method includes emitting, by a laser disposed on the aircraft, laser light into air outside the aircraft, the laser tuned to induce a laser-induced plasma channel (LIPC) in the air. The method also includes sensing, by a sensor system disposed on the aircraft, at least one property of the LIPC. The method further includes computing, by a computing device disposed on the aircraft, the air data of the aircraft based on the at least one property of the LIPC.