18 Sep 2020
18 Sep 2020
Resolving ambiguous direction of arrival of weak meteor radar trail echoes
- 1Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF), Box 812, SE-98128 Kiruna, Sweden
- 2Umeå University, Department of Physics, SE-90187 Umeå, Sweden
- 3Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory, Sodankylä, Finland
- 4Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom
- 1Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF), Box 812, SE-98128 Kiruna, Sweden
- 2Umeå University, Department of Physics, SE-90187 Umeå, Sweden
- 3Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory, Sodankylä, Finland
- 4Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom
Abstract. Meteor phenomena cause ionized plasmas that can be roughly divided into two distinctly different regimes: a dense and transient plasma region co-moving with the ablating meteoroid and a trail of diffusing plasma left in the atmosphere and moving with the neutral wind. Interferometric radar systems are used to observe the meteor trails and determine their positions and drift velocities. Depending on the spatial configuration of the receiving antennas and their individual gain patterns, the voltage response can be the same for several different plane wave Directions Of Arrival (DOA), thereby making it impossible to determine the correct direction. Noise can create the same effect even if the system contains no theoretical ambiguities. We propose a method for interferometric meteor trail radar data analysis using coherent integration of the signal spatial correlation to resolve DOA ambiguities. We have validated the method by a combination of Monte Carlo simulations and application on 10 minutes of measurement data (174 meteor events) obtained with the Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory SKiYMET all-sky interferometric meteor radar. We also applied a Bayesian method to determine the true location of ambiguous events in the data set. In 26 out of 27 (~ 96 %) ambiguous cases, the coherently integrated spatial correlation gave the correct output DOA as determined by Bayesian inference. In the one case that was mis-classified there were not enough radar pulses to coherently integrate for the method to be effective.
Daniel Kastinen et al.


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RC1: 'Review of "Resolving ambiguous direction of arrival of weak meteor radar trail echoes" by David Holdsworth', David Holdsworth, 11 Oct 2020
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AC1: 'Review #1 Response', Daniel Kastinen, 29 Oct 2020
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EC1: 'Using more meteor events', Jorge Luis Chau, 05 Nov 2020
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SC1: 'More events', Daniel Kastinen, 06 Nov 2020
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EC2: 'More meteors', Jorge Luis Chau, 06 Nov 2020
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AC3: 'Reply on EC2', Daniel Kastinen, 08 Feb 2021
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EC3: 'Reply on AC3', Jorge Luis Chau, 08 Feb 2021
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EC3: 'Reply on AC3', Jorge Luis Chau, 08 Feb 2021
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AC3: 'Reply on EC2', Daniel Kastinen, 08 Feb 2021
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EC2: 'More meteors', Jorge Luis Chau, 06 Nov 2020
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SC1: 'More events', Daniel Kastinen, 06 Nov 2020
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EC1: 'Using more meteor events', Jorge Luis Chau, 05 Nov 2020
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AC1: 'Review #1 Response', Daniel Kastinen, 29 Oct 2020
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RC2: 'Excellent quality. Recommend only minor changes, mostly to improve figure legibility', Anonymous Referee #2, 28 Oct 2020
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AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Daniel Kastinen, 08 Feb 2021
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AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Daniel Kastinen, 08 Feb 2021


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RC1: 'Review of "Resolving ambiguous direction of arrival of weak meteor radar trail echoes" by David Holdsworth', David Holdsworth, 11 Oct 2020
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AC1: 'Review #1 Response', Daniel Kastinen, 29 Oct 2020
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EC1: 'Using more meteor events', Jorge Luis Chau, 05 Nov 2020
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SC1: 'More events', Daniel Kastinen, 06 Nov 2020
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EC2: 'More meteors', Jorge Luis Chau, 06 Nov 2020
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AC3: 'Reply on EC2', Daniel Kastinen, 08 Feb 2021
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EC3: 'Reply on AC3', Jorge Luis Chau, 08 Feb 2021
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EC3: 'Reply on AC3', Jorge Luis Chau, 08 Feb 2021
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AC3: 'Reply on EC2', Daniel Kastinen, 08 Feb 2021
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EC2: 'More meteors', Jorge Luis Chau, 06 Nov 2020
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SC1: 'More events', Daniel Kastinen, 06 Nov 2020
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EC1: 'Using more meteor events', Jorge Luis Chau, 05 Nov 2020
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AC1: 'Review #1 Response', Daniel Kastinen, 29 Oct 2020
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RC2: 'Excellent quality. Recommend only minor changes, mostly to improve figure legibility', Anonymous Referee #2, 28 Oct 2020
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AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Daniel Kastinen, 08 Feb 2021
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AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Daniel Kastinen, 08 Feb 2021
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