Micrometeor Observations Using the Arecibo 430 MHz Radar: I. Determination of the Ballistic Parameter from Measured Doppler Velocity and Deceleration Results

Icarus

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 53-63

  Janches, D ^a   Mathews, J D ^a   Meisel, D D ^a,b   Zhou, Q H ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Arecibo Observatory   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Ionosphere; Leonids; Meteoroids; Meteors; Radar

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002980498     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1999.6330     Document Type: Article

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