Analysis of perseid meteor head echo data collected using the advanced research projects Agency Long-Range Tracking and Instrumentation Radar (ALTAIR)

Radio Science

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1233-1240

  Close, S ^a   Hunt, S M ^a   Minardi, M J ^b   McKeen, F M ^b,c  

^a MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Wright State University   (United States)

^c RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA FEEDERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; HORN ANTENNAS; INTERFEROMETRY; METEOR IMPACTS; METEORITES; RADAR CROSS SECTION; SPACECRAFT; TRACKING RADAR; VELOCITY; DIRECTION OF ARRIVAL; ORBITS; POLARIZATION; RADAR; TRACKING (POSITION); WIND;

ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY; PERSEID METEOR HEAD ECHO; ULTRA LOW FREQUENCY; VERY HIGH FREQUENCY;

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; RADAR TRACKING;

ADVANCED RESEARCHES; DETECTION RATES; HIGH SENSITIVITY; IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS; METEOROID IMPACTS; POLARIZATION RATIOS; RADIAL VELOCITY; RIGHT CIRCULARLY POLARIZED;

EID: 0034267712     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999RS002277     Document Type: Article

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