Improving Upon the ESA’s Aeolus Initiative to Make Complete, Real-Time Snapshots of Entire Atmosphere Possible in Pursuit of Hyper-Accurate Weather Forecasting
Where Aeolus utilized a traditional, ultraviolet laser pulse system to measure the speed of wind currents at various altitudes from 30km to ground level through doppler analysis in order to build a more accurate general model of wind behavior in areas that are difficult to observe but critical to weather (such as above remote parts of the ocean as well as near continental shelves) and did this from low-Earth orbit, with certain improvements, a system can be constructed that allows for real-time observations at higher resolution from geosynchronous satellites in high-Earth orbit.
By using an escalating-thickness spiral prism without any areas of same thickness similar to what is likely being used in the Aegis BMD seeker heads as well as Iron Dome seeker heads, the system may be improved by analyzing atmospheric distortions. Algorithms generally similar to those used to correct automatically for detected atmospheric distortion in advanced astronomical telescopes (as well as certain Earth-oriented telescopes) can be utilized to derive wind direction data in addition to wind speed data (Aeolus can only detect wind speed, with wind direction being extrapolated from other sources.)
By analyzing the distortion of known-value three-dimensional terrain features such as buildings and roads, wind speed and direction can be deduced and this data can be coupled with the traditional doppler data to create a much more complete picture of what is happening in the atmosphere, perhaps making ground-based observations obsolete.
Where Aeolus utilized a traditional, ultraviolet laser pulse system to measure the speed of wind currents at various altitudes from 30km to ground level through doppler analysis in order to build a more accurate general model of wind behavior in areas that are difficult to observe but critical to weather (such as above remote parts of the ocean as well as near continental shelves) and did this from low-Earth orbit, with certain improvements, a system can be constructed that allows for real-time observations at higher resolution from geosynchronous satellites in high-Earth orbit.
By using an escalating-thickness spiral prism without any areas of same thickness similar to what is likely being used in the Aegis BMD seeker heads as well as Iron Dome seeker heads, the system may be improved by analyzing atmospheric distortions. Algorithms generally similar to those used to correct automatically for detected atmospheric distortion in advanced astronomical telescopes (as well as certain Earth-oriented telescopes) can be utilized to derive wind direction data in addition to wind speed data (Aeolus can only detect wind speed, with wind direction being extrapolated from other sources.)
By analyzing the distortion of known-value three-dimensional terrain features such as buildings and roads, wind speed and direction can be deduced and this data can be coupled with the traditional doppler data to create a much more complete picture of what is happening in the atmosphere, perhaps making ground-based observations obsolete.
