IAU Meteor Data Center—the shower database: A status report
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DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2016.11.003
Abstract: Abstract Currently, the meteor shower part of Meteor Data Center database includes: 112 established showers, 563 in the working list, among them 36 have the pro tempore status. The list of shower complexes contains 25… read more here.
Keywords: status; shower; database; meteor ... See more keywords
Signatures of meteor showers and sporadics inferred from the height distribution of meteor echoes
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DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2020.104981
Abstract: Abstract The SKYiMET meteor radar is capable of measuring the height distribution of ionized meteor trails. Observations of the Sodankyla radar (67°N, 23°E) in 2008–2019 are analyzed. A method is applied, based on the median… read more here.
Keywords: sporadic meteors; meteor showers; meteor; signatures meteor ... See more keywords
Observing Mesospheric Turbulence With Specular Meteor Radars: A Novel Method for Estimating Second‐Order Statistics of Wind Velocity
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DOI: 10.1029/2019ea000570
Abstract: There are few observational techniques for measuring the distribution of kinetic energy within the mesosphere with a wide range of spatial and temporal scales. This study describes a method for estimating the three‐dimensional mesospheric wind… read more here.
Keywords: method estimating; specular meteor; method; meteor ... See more keywords
Passive microwave observations of South America and surrounding oceans from Russian Meteor-M No. 2 and Japan GCOM-W1 satellites
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DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2018.1425569
Abstract: ABSTRACT A new Russian Meteorological Satellite Meteor-M No. 2 with onboard multichannel microwave radiometer MTVZA-GY was launched on sun synchronous orbit in July 2014. The radiometer receives the outgoing radiation of the Earth at 29… read more here.
Keywords: passive microwave; south america; observations south; meteor ... See more keywords
Tackling the FeO orange band puzzle in meteor and airglow spectra through combined astronomical and laboratory studies
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DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staa3487
Abstract: The iron oxide ‘orange arc’ bands are unambiguously detected in persistent meteor trains, meteor wakes, and clouds, as well as in the terrestrial airglow. In contrast to the majority of other astronomically important diatomic molecules,… read more here.
Keywords: orange band; feo orange; meteor; spectra ... See more keywords
Estimating trajectories of meteors: an observational Monte Carlo approach – II. Results
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DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stz3338
Abstract: In the first paper of this series, we examined existing methods of optical meteor trajectory estimation and developed a novel method which simultaneously uses both the geometry and the dynamics of meteors to constrain their… read more here.
Keywords: field view; trajectory estimation; estimating trajectories; trajectories meteors ... See more keywords
Possibility of antiquark nuggets detection using meteor searching radars
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DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.107.123501
Abstract: Within the quark nugget model, dark matter particles may be represented by compact composite objects composed of a large number of quarks or antiquarks. Due to strong interaction with visible matter, antiquark nuggets should manifest… read more here.
Keywords: detection using; possibility antiquark; antiquark nuggets; nuggets detection ... See more keywords
Novel Meteor Observations Using FM Radio Broadcast Over Gadanki, India
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DOI: 10.1109/tgrs.2022.3187207
Abstract: A novel GNU radio-based software-defined radio receiver using universal serial radio peripheral (USRP) front end and Yagi antenna is developed to record meteor echoes in passive mode using FM broadcast. Pilot observations are made for… read more here.
Keywords: broadcast; meteor echoes; radio; meteor ... See more keywords
On the Plasma–Dust Processes Accompanying Meteor Showers
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DOI: 10.1134/s1063780x20100074
Abstract: Plasma–dust processes in the Earth’s ionosphere related to transit of meteor bodies and spreading of meteor trail are analyzed. Processes that occur in the meteor trail itself and those taking place in the Earth’s atmosphere… read more here.
Keywords: dust processes; accompanying meteor; meteor showers; meteor ... See more keywords
Meteor Shower Forecasting in Near-Earth Space
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DOI: 10.2514/1.a34416
Abstract: NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office (MEO) produces an annual meteor shower forecast in order to help spacecraft operators assess the risk posed by meteoroid streams. Previously, this forecast focused on the International Space Station and therefore… read more here.
Keywords: shower forecasting; meteor; forecasting near; near earth ... See more keywords
Atmospheric tomography using the Nordic Meteor Radar Clusterand Chilean Observation Network De Meteor Radars: networkdetails and 3DVAR retrieval
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DOI: 10.5194/amt-2021-124
Abstract: Abstract. Ground-based remote sensing of atmospheric parameters is often limited to single station observations of vertical profiles at a certain geographic location. This can be a limiting factor to investigating gravity wave dynamics. In this… read more here.
Keywords: nordic meteor; 3dvar retrieval; meteor; meteor radar ... See more keywords