Method of real-time measuring vertical profiles of multiple atmospheric parameters carried by aerostat

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11048020-B2
Application number	US-201716062310-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 28, 2017
Priority date	Feb 27, 2017
Publication date	Jun 29, 2021
Grant date	Jun 29, 2021

Abstract

The present invention discloses a method of simultaneously acquiring vertical profiles of multiple atmospheric parameters. Measuring devices based on multiple principles and capable of measuring multiple parameters simultaneously are fixed on a cable of an aerostat at specified distance decided by measurement task, each measuring device finishes measuring the atmospheric parameters at its altitude thereof, and transmits data to a ground data acquisition and processing device in real time, so as to synchronously acquire the real-time measured profiles of multiple atmospheric parameters. The profile data does not have any assumption, and standard data can be provided to a ground remote sensing device like radar for measuring at the same place while regular meteorological parameters and atmospheric contamination data are provided to atmospheric and environmental governance departments.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method of real-time measuring vertical profiles of multiple atmospheric parameters carried by an aerostat, wherein a plurality of multi-parameter measuring devices with the same performances distributed vertically and carried by an aerostat balloon and cable at a predetermined distance are used to simultaneously measure multiple meteorological parameters at different altitudes, and measurement data of each measuring device is wirelessly transmitted to a ground receiving and processing device, so as to obtain the vertical profiles of the meteorological parameters with the altitudes in real time,
wherein an aerostat system comprises the aerostat balloon, an attitude adjuster is arranged above the aerostat balloon, a high-voltage cable carried with the multi-parameter measuring device is connected below the aerostat balloon, the other end of the high-voltage cable is twined on a cable twister, the plurality of multi-parameter measuring devices are installed on the high-voltage cable on an operating platform in sequence at the predetermined distance, the multi-parameter measuring devices subsequently rise to a predetermined altitude with the aerostat balloon, each multi-parameter measuring device obtains multiple meteorological parameters of the altitude thereof, combination of each meteorological parameter along the altitude forms the vertical profile of the parameter, and the combinations of multiple meteorological parameters along the altitudes form the vertical profiles of the multiple atmospheric parameters,
wherein the operating platform is provided with a transmission track whose tail end is equipped with a manipulator, an electrical switched limiting hole is arranged over the operating platform through a support and a fixed pulley is arranged below the operating platform through the support, the high-voltage cable is limited to the position of the manipulator through the electrical-switched limiting hole and the fixed pulley, and is tightened and vertical, and the multi-parameter measuring devices are transmitted by the transmission track and fixed on the limited high-voltage cable by the manipulator at the predetermined distance.

2. The method of real-time measuring vertical profiles of multiple atmospheric parameters carried by an aerostat according to claim 1 , wherein the cable twister, the electrical-switched limiting hole, the transmission track and the manipulator are all controlled by a controlling and data processing system, and the controlling and data processing system coordinately controls the cable twister, the electrical-switched limiting hole, the transmission track and the manipulator according to the distance between the multi-parameter measuring devices.

3. The method of real-time measuring vertical profiles of multiple atmospheric parameters carried by an aerostat according to claim 1 , wherein the aerostat system, the operating platform and the controlling and data processing system are placed on a carrier vehicle to realize mobile measurement.

4. The method of real-time measuring vertical profiles of multiple atmospheric parameters carried by an aerostat according to claim 1 , wherein a fixed snap ring is arranged in the back of each multi-parameter measuring device, and the multi-parameter measuring device is fixed on the cable of the aerostat through the manipulator.

5. The method of real-time measuring vertical profiles of multiple atmospheric parameters carried by an aerostat according to claim 1 , wherein the parameters of the multi-parameter measuring device comprise any one or a combination of several of a regular meteorological parameter, atmospheric pollutant concentration, number concentration of aerosol particles, scale spectrum, superficial area concentration, volume concentration, complex refractive index and refractive index structure constant.

6. The method of real-time measuring vertical profiles of multiple atmospheric parameters carried by an aerostat according to claim 5 , wherein the regular meteorological parameter comprises any one or a combination of several of temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, wind speed and wind direction.

7. The method of real-time measuring vertical profiles of multiple atmospheric parameters carried by an aerostat according to claim 5 , wherein the atmospheric contaminant comprises any one or a combination of several of nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide, volatile organism, sulfur dioxide, ozone and carbon black.

8. A method of real-time measuring vertical profiles of multiple atmospheric parameters carried by an aerostat, wherein a plurality of multi-parameter measuring devices with the same performances distributed vertically and carried by an aerostat balloon and cable at a predetermined distance are used to simultaneously measure multiple meteorological parameters at different altitudes, and measurement data of each measuring device is wirelessly transmitted to a ground receiving and processing device, so as to obtain the vertical profiles of the meteorological parameters with the altitudes in real time, wherein each multi-parameter measuring device is powered by a light power transmission line connected to a mains supply, and the mains supply controls the working state of each multi-parameter measuring device; the surface of the light power transmission line is coated by magnetic materials, and is configured to automatically pasted on the high-voltage cable of the aerostat under a power-on state, and when each multi-parameter measuring device is taken down, the respective light power transmission line automatically falls off due to the power outage of the high-voltage cable.

Assignees

• Hefei Inst Physical Sci Cas
• Hefei Inst Of Physical Science Chinese Academy Of Schiences

Inventors

• Shao Shiyong
• Han Yong
• Shi Zongbo
• Yu Daming
• Zhu Wenyue
• Li Xuebin

Classifications

• G01S17/95

  for meteorological use · CPC title

• G01S7/497

  Means for monitoring or calibrating · CPC title

• G01D21/02 Primary

  Measuring two or more variables by means not covered by a single other subclass · CPC title

• G01W1/10 Primary

  Devices for predicting weather conditions (computers per se G06; display devices G09) · CPC title

• G01S13/953

  mounted on aircraft · CPC title