Atmospheric optical distortion correcting system and method

Abstract

An automated electromagnetic radiation target location correction method may an automated electromagnetic radiation target location correction method comprising in combination: with a locator system, electromagnetically identifying a preliminary distal target location as being along an electromagnetic ray path through atmosphere intermediate a locator device and a distal target distal from the locator device; with an automated computing system: calculating 1 to n indices of refraction in 1 to n differing discrete portions, respectively, along the electromagnetic ray path, wherein n is an integer greater that 1; for each discrete ray path portion, computing an adjusted ray path due to an index of electromagnetic refraction associated with the discrete ray path portion; computing a modified electromagnetic ray path including each discrete ray path's associated adjusted ray path; computing the adjusted target location according to the modified electromagnetic ray path; and communicating the adjusted target location to the locator system in support of path correction by the locator system.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.