The Geminid meteor shower during the ECOMA sounding rocket campaign: specular and head echo radar observations [PDF]
Annales Geophysicae, 2013 The ECOMA (Existence of Charge state Of meteoric smoke particles in the Middle Atmosphere) sounding rocket campaign was conducted during the Geminid meteor shower in December 2010 in order to explore whether there is a change of the properties of ...
G. Stober +6 more
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Meteor radar measurements of MLT winds near the equatorial electro jet region over Thumba (8.5° N, 77° E): comparison with TIDI observations [PDF]
Annales Geophysicae, 2011 The All-Sky interferometric meteor (SKYiMET) radar (MR) derived winds in the vicinity of the equatorial electrojet (EEJ) are discussed. As Thumba (8.5° N, 77° E; dip lat.
S. R. John +4 more
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Coded continuous wave meteor radar [PDF]
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 2016 The concept of a coded continuous wave specular meteor radar (SMR) is described. The radar uses a continuously transmitted pseudorandom phase-modulated waveform, which has several advantages compared to conventional pulsed SMRs.
J. Vierinen +4 more
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Diurnal variation of non-specular meteor trails [PDF]
Annales Geophysicae, 2009 We present results of simulated radar observations of meteor trails in an effort to show how non-specular meteor trails are expected to vary as a function of a number of key atmospheric, ionospheric and meteoroid parameters.
J. Hinrichs, L. P. Dyrud, J. Urbina
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Meteor velocity determination with plasma physics [PDF]
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2004 Understanding the global meteor flux at Earth requires the measurement of meteor velocities. While several radar methods exist for measuring meteor velocity, they may be biased by plasma reflection mechanisms.
L. P. Dyrud +6 more
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Radar and optical leonids [PDF]
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2004 We present joint optical-radar observations of meteors collected near the peak of the Leonid activity in 2002. We show four examples of joint detections with a large, phased array L-band radar and with intensified video cameras.
N. Brosch +4 more
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Diurnal and annual variations of meteor rates at the arctic circle [PDF]
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2004 Meteors are an important source for (a) the metal atoms of the upper atmosphere metal layers and (b) for condensation nuclei, the existence of which are a prerequisite for the formation of noctilucent cloud particles in the polar mesopause region.
W. Singer, U. von Zahn, J. Weiß
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Error analyses of a multistatic meteor radar system to obtain a three-dimensional spatial-resolution distribution [PDF]
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 2021 In recent years, the concept of multistatic meteor radar systems has attracted the attention of the atmospheric radar community, focusing on the mesosphere and lower thermosphere (MLT) region. Recently, there have been some notable experiments using such
W. Zhong +13 more
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A VHF Circularly Polarized Turnstile Antenna with Balun for Meteor Radar
Remote Sensing, 2023 This paper presents a circularly polarized turnstile antenna for a meteor radar system. The antenna employs a pair of turnstile radiators, a 1:2 power divider and a 90° phase shifter.
Wei Qiao +4 more
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Distribution Characteristics of Meteor Angle of Arrival in Mohe and Wuhan, China
Atmosphere, 2023 Meteor radar is one of the key tools for studying the atmospheric dynamics in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere. The physical parameters obtained by meteor radar inversion can provide important statistical information for research.
Xiaoyong Du +12 more
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