公开(公告)号：US09964482B2

公开(公告)日：2018-05-08

申请号：US15006752

申请日：2016-01-26

Applicant: U.S. Army Research Laboratory ATTN: RDRL-LOC-I

Inventor： Wenbo Sun ,  Gorden Videen ,  Michael I. Mishchenko

IPC: G01N21/21 ,  G01W1/02 ,  G01N21/53 ,  G01N21/47

CPC classification number: G01N21/21 ,  G01N21/538 ,  G01N2021/4792 ,  G01N2201/0616 ,  G01W1/02

Abstract: A novel methodology for detecting cloud particles is disclosed herein. This methodology exploits the optical glory phenomenon. According to one embodiment, a method for detecting clouds includes receiving data from a sensor which is configured to measure polarization of scattered light in a direction substantially opposite to the direction of incident light, and identifying, from the received sensor data, a cloud based on the polarization of the scattered light.