VHF antenna pattern characterization by the observation of meteor head echoes

Renkwitz, Toralf; Schult, Carsten; Latteck, Ralph

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-527-2017

Articles | Volume 10, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-527-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-527-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 10, issue 2

Research article

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14 Feb 2017

Research article |

| 14 Feb 2017

VHF antenna pattern characterization by the observation of meteor head echoes

Toralf Renkwitz, Carsten Schult, and Ralph Latteck

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Final revised paper (published on 14 Feb 2017)
Preprint (discussion started on 07 Oct 2016)

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Comment on paper amt-2016-320 for major revision', T. Sato, 19 Oct 2016
- AC1: 'Reply to the referee's comment', Toralf Renkwitz, 24 Nov 2016
  - SC1: 'figure missing', Toralf Renkwitz, 28 Nov 2016
RC2: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 04 Nov 2016
- AC2: 'Reply to the comments by referee #2', Toralf Renkwitz, 24 Nov 2016
- SC2: 'figure missing', Toralf Renkwitz, 28 Nov 2016

Short summary

The knowledge of the actual radiation pattern is crucial for the analysis of radar echoes and is also an important indicator of the radar's health status. The method described here allows the radiation pattern to be characterized by observing meteor head echoes. In contrast to previous studies we generate angular occurrence maps of meteor trajectory points for periods of normal and limited radar functionality to derive the radiation pattern and compare them thorough simulation results.