Patents by Inventor William Tobiska

William Tobiska has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20060229813
    Abstract: The shorter-term variable impact of the Sun's photons, solar wind particles, and interplanetary magnetic field upon Earth's environment is colloquially known as space weather. Ionospheric perturbed conditions resulting from space weather can be specified in real-time or predicted using linked models and data streams based upon multi-spectral solar observations, solar wind measurements, and ionospheric measurements. This patent's concept uses an ensemble of models, combines them with operational driving data, and provides recent-past, present, and 72-hour future specification of global, regional, and local ionospheric and neutral density profiles, total electron content, plasma drifts, neutral winds, and temperatures on a 15-minute cadence. The operational Ionospheric Forecast System, as a distributed network, can detect and predict ionospheric weather as well as magnetospheric and thermospheric conditions leading to dynamical ionospheric changes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2005
    Publication date: October 12, 2006
    Inventor: William Tobiska