A comparison of meteor radar systems at Buckland Park

Radio Science

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1313-1329

  Valentic, T A ^a,b   Avery, J P ^a   Avery, S K ^a,b,d   Cervera, M A ^c   Elford, W G ^c   Vincent, R A ^c   Reid, I M ^c  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER EFFECT; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; METEORITES; RADAR; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); FREQUENCY ESTIMATION; GEOPHYSICS; IONIZATION OF GASES; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; SIGNAL DETECTION;

MESOSPHERE; METEOR WIND;

RADAR SYSTEMS;

ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS; DOPPLER FREQUENCY; METEOR RADAR SYSTEMS; METEOR TRAILS; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE; UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO; WIND PROFILER;

EID: 0030283454     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96RS02028     Document Type: Review

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