Resolving the ambiguous direction of arrival of weak meteor radar trail echoes

• Published in: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
• Main Authors: D. Kastinen, J. Kero, A. Kozlovsky, M. Lester
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2021
• Subjects: Environmental engineering; TA170-171; Earthwork. Foundations; TA715-787; Sodankylä
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-3583-2021; https://doaj.org/article/06db6274cc494db997037abf7bb123ef

Meteor phenomena cause ionized plasmas that can be roughly divided into two distinctly different regimes: a dense and transient plasma region co-moving with the ablating meteoroid and a trail of diffusing plasma left in the atmosphere and moving with the neutral wind. Interferometric radar systems a...