Abstract The construction of the distribution of the flux density of meteor bodies over the celestial sphere is necessary for solving problems of meteor astronomy and others. To construct such distributions, experimental data on the coordinates of meteor radiants are needed. Meteor radars provide determination of the coordinates of the radiant in the presence of one transmitter and three spaced receivers. In this research, we are talking about ground-based meteor observations of the number of meteors using single-station meteor back-skatter radars as simpler than measurements of meteor radiants. In the 1950–80s in Kharkiv (Ukraine), active meteor radar research was carried out, both simple single-station and complex with remote points. The authors in the 1980s were participants in the meteor international program GLOBMET (). At that time, they modified an algorithm for calculating the flux density of meteor bodies over the heliocentric celestial sphere by number, range and velocity for radar observations with using single-station meteor backscatter. An algorithm was developed for dividing the celestial sphere into regions with a combination of “celestial” and “antenna” regions with a binding of a meteor to the antenna region in radar observations with a narrowly directed antenna without goniometr. This algorithm was applied to specific equipment for measuring the number of meteors by the Kharkiv Meteor Automated Radar System (MARS), 31.1 MHz. The correctness of the algorithm was confirmed by constructing the density distribution of the incident flux over the celestial sphere based on measurements in October-December 1989. The distributions are constructed using two methods for approximating the amplitude-time characteristics of signals. The results represent the experience of past years, which may be of interest as a scientific and technical solution.
On the question of constructing the distribution of the flux density of meteoroids over the celestial sphere in ground-based single-position radar measurements of meteor activity and velocity: The experience of past years
Advances in Space Research ; 72 , 2 ; 623-637
2023-03-13
15 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
Meteor , Meteor radar , Meteoroid flux density , Distribution over the celestial sphere , Amplitude-time characteristic , GLOBMET , Global Meteor Observations System , NURE , Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics , MARS , Meteor Automated Radar System , "ASSORMI" , Automatic System for Collecting and Processing Radio Meteor Information , ICSS “PSHI” , Information Collection and Storage Subsystem "Number and velocity" , “Gosstandart” , The first version of the meteoroid model of the former USSR in 1985 , ATC , Amplitude-Time Characteristic (Fresnel fluctuations)
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