Glideslope visibility monitor
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United States of America
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Apr 27, 2021
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Aug 9, 2018
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An airfield visibility monitoring system may include a measurement unit to emit one or more pulses of electromagnetic radiation along an aircraft glideslope associated with a runway and detect backscattered radiation from the glideslope associated with the emitted pulses. The measurement unit may further determine round-trip times between emission of the one or more pulses and detection of the backscattered radiation. The system may further include a controller. The controller may determine values of a visibility metric for multiple distances from the measurement unit along the glideslope based on the detected backscattered radiation and round-trip times, determine values of the visibility metric for multiple altitudes based on the values of the visibility metric along the glideslope, and direct an airfield communication unit to broadcast values of the visibility metric for at least some of the altitudes.
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- G01J:MEASUREMENT OF INTENSITY, VELOCITY, SPECTRAL CONTE....
- G06T:IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
- G01N:INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMININ....
- G08G:TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS
- G01C:MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING....
- G01S:RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMI....
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