The meteor radar response function: Theory and application to narrow beam MST radar

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 591-602

  Cervera, M A ^a,b   Elford, W G ^b  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Meteors; Meteors and meteoroids; Radar; Radio meteors; Response

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; IONIZATION; METEORITES; RADAR;

METEORS AND METEOROIDS; RADIO METEORS;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 1842423100     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2003.12.004     Document Type: Article

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