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All-sky interferometric meteor radar meteoroid speed estimation using the Fresnel transform |
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D. A. Holdsworth, W. G. Elford, R. A. Vincent, I. M. Reid, D. J. Murphy, W. Singer |
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Artikel
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Sprache |
Englisch
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0992-7689
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In: Annales Geophysicae ; 25, no. 2 ; Nr. 25, no. 2 (2007-03-08), S.385-398 |
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250015785
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Publikation (Nr.) |
copernicus.org/angeo-25-385-2007.pdf |
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Zusammenfassung |
Fresnel transform meteor speed estimation is investigated. A spectral based
technique is developed allowing the transform to be applied at low temporal
sampling rates. Simulations are used to compare
meteoroid speeds determined using the Fresnel transform and alternative
techniques, confirming that the Fresnel transform produces the most accurate
meteoroid speed estimates for high effective pulse repetition frequencies
(PRFs). The Fresnel transform is applied to high effective PRF data collected
during Leonid meteor showers, producing speed estimates in good agreement
with the theoretical pre-atmospheric speed of the 71 kms−1.
Further simulations for the standard low effective PRF sampling parameters
used for Buckland Park meteor radar (BPMR) observations suggests that the
Fresnel transform can successfully
estimate meteor speeds up to 80 kms−1. Fresnel transform speed
estimation is applied using the BPMR, producing speed distributions similar to
those obtained in previous studies. The technique is also applied to data
collected using the BPMR sampling parameters during Southern delta-Aquarid and
Geminid meteor showers, producing speeds in very good agreement with the
theoretical pre-atmospheric speeds of these showers (41 kms−1 and
35 kms−1, respectively). However, application of the Fresnel
transform to high speed showers suggests that the practical upper limit for
accurate speed estimation using the BPMR sampling parameters is around
50 kms−1. This limit allows speed accurate estimates to be made
for about 70% of known meteor showers, and around 70% of sporadic
echoes. |
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