CEDAR: Aeronomy of Meteor Trails: Observations, Simulations, and Theory

CEDAR：流星轨迹的航空学：观测、模拟和理论

• 批准号: 0334906
• 负责人: Meers Oppenheim
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Trustees of Boston University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-02-15 至 2007-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0334906&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CEDAR; Aeronomy; Meteor; Trails; Observations

Meteors and meteor ablation in the earth's upper atmosphere, as observed by large aperture radars, are used to determine basic parameters of the meteor and of the plasma associated with ablation. The research simulates radio-meteor echoes and creates numerical simulator to extract the mass, density, composition, and ion-neutral composition. The large aperture radars sample the plasma environment immediately surrounding the meteor, and non-specular meteor echoes permit extraction of these parameters. The simulations are based on radar data from ALTAIR, Jicamarca, Arecibo, and MU.

大孔径雷达观测到的地球高层大气中的流星和流星烧蚀被用来确定流星和与烧蚀有关的等离子体的基本参数。 本研究模拟无线电流星回波，并建立数值模拟器，以提取质量，密度，成分和离子中性成分。 大口径雷达对流星周围的等离子体环境进行采样，非镜面流星回波可以提取这些参数。 模拟是基于ALTAIR、Jicamarca、Arecibo和MU的雷达数据。