The first results of monitoring observations of a meteor echo at ISTP SB RAS EKB radar: algorithms, validation, statistics

The paper presents the implementation of algorithms for automatic search for signals scattered at meteor tracks based on the ISTP SB RAS EKB radar data. The algorithm is divided into two phases - the detection of a meteoric echo and the determination of its parameters. In general, the algorithm is s...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2017-10
Main Authors: Berngardt, Oleg I, Fedorov, Roman R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Algorithms
Inverse problems
Least squares method
Mathematical models
Meteoroid showers
Parameters
Radar data
Signal processing
Three dimensional models
Two dimensional models
Wind speed
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Summary:The paper presents the implementation of algorithms for automatic search for signals scattered at meteor tracks based on the ISTP SB RAS EKB radar data. The algorithm is divided into two phases - the detection of a meteoric echo and the determination of its parameters. In general, the algorithm is similar to the algorithms used for specialized meteor radars, but uses direct fitting of received signal quadrature components by a model when finding the parameters of meteor trail. Based on the analysis of maximum of the Geminid meteor shower 13.12.2016 the aspect sensitivity of the scattered signals detected by the algorithm was shown . This proves that the detected signals correspond to scattering by irregularities elongated with the direction to the radiant of the meteor shower. This also confirms that the source of signals detected by the algorithm are meteor traces. In this paper, we solve the inverse problem of reconstructing the vector of the neutral wind velocity from the radar data by the weighted least-squares technique. A comparison of the roses of horizontal neutral winds obtained in the model of two-dimensional (horizontal) wind and three-dimensional wind is made. Their similarity is shown and expected predominance of the zonal component over the meridional one is shown too. The implemented algorithm allows us to process the scattered signals in the real time. The detection algorithm has started its continuous operation at the ISTP SB RAS EKB radar at the end of 2016.
ISSN:2331-8422