The effect of radar wavelength on meteor echo rate
- 1 October 1953
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in Transactions of the IRE Professional Group on Antennas and Propagation
- Vol. 1 (2), 37-42
- https://doi.org/10.1109/T-AP.1953.27326
Abstract
A new theory is given for the way in which the number of echoes received from sporadic meteor ionization trails varies with radar wavelength and other system parameters. Previously-published explanations of the echo rate dependence on wavelength are critically examined. The present explanation of echo rate variations is based upon a more complete analysis of the radio reflection process than is afforded by the Lovell-Clegg theory. The effects of high electron density, the linear rate of trail formation, and the initial column radius are discussed. A number of apparent conflicts in earlier investigations are reconciled by the new theory.Keywords
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