Investigation of the time-spread in overdense meteor trails
Abstract
High resolution measurements were carried out to characterize the time spread properties of the overdense meteor trails. A number of other parameters of interest for adaptive communication systems were examined for both underdense and overdense trails. The measurement system is described and the results are presented. It was found that the time spread in the overdense trails is not severe for data rates up to 250 to 500 kbits/s. For the underdense trails, the exponential decay constant shows great variations, and a great part of the trails have significant rise time.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- March 1990
- Bibcode:
- 1990STIN...9117855E
- Keywords:
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- Electron Density (Concentration);
- Meteor Trails;
- Time Measurement;
- Half Life;
- High Resolution;
- Mass Distribution;
- Radio Meteors;
- Astrophysics