The sporadic radiant and distribution of meteors in the atmosphere as observed by VHF radar at Arctic, Antarctic and equatorial latitudes

• Published in: Annales Geophysicae
• Main Authors: P. T. Younger, I. Astin, D. J. Sandford, N. J. Mitchell
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2009
• Subjects: Science; Q; Physics; QC1-999; Geophysics. Cosmic physics; QC801-809; Antarctic; Arctic; Esrange; Rothera; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-27-2831-2009; https://doaj.org/article/a4a9adb4237f4f61a85681477750329e

Results are presented of a study of the temporal and spatial variability in meteor count rate observations from three VHF meteor radars. These radar are located in the Arctic (at Esrange, 68° N), in the Antarctic (at Rothera, 68° S) and near the Equator (on Ascension Island, 8° S). It is found that...