Articles | Volume 12, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-2113-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-2113-2019
Research article
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05 Apr 2019
Research article |  | 05 Apr 2019

Novel specular meteor radar systems using coherent MIMO techniques to study the mesosphere and lower thermosphere

Jorge Luis Chau, Juan Miguel Urco, Juha Pekka Vierinen, Ryan Andrew Volz, Matthias Clahsen, Nico Pfeffer, and Jörg Trautner

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New systems to study the mesosphere are introduced. They result from the reengineering of previous systems, by making use of MIMO, spread-spectrum and compressed-sensing techniques that are widely used in telecommunications. The interferometer configuration is now implemented in transmission, making the location of meteor echoes possible with just one antenna on reception. Our novel concept makes the study of a mesosphere volume from different viewing points on the ground feasible and easy.