Meteor Trail Advection Observed During the 1998 Leonid Shower

Brent W. Grime; Timothy J. Kane; Alan Liu; George Papen; Chester S. Gardner; Michael C. Kelley; Craig Kruschwitz; Jack Drummond

Meteor Trail Advection Observed During the 1998 Leonid Shower

Brent W. Grime, Timothy J. Kane, Alan Liu, George Papen, Chester S. Gardner, Michael C. Kelley, Craig Kruschwitz, Jack Drummond

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach

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Abstract

Sodium resonance lidar observations of meteor trails are reported from the 1998 Leonid shower experimental at the Starfire Optical Range Kirtland Air Force Base, NM (35.0º N, 106.5º W ). The lidar was operating in a spatially scanning mode that allowed tracking for up to one half-hour. Three trails are presented here whose motion allowed inference of radial as well as vector wind components and apparent diffusivities. The winds are derived independently using the narrow linewidth sodium (Na) resonance Doppler lidar technique and are compared with the tracking results.

Original language	American English
Journal	Geophysical Research Letters
Volume	27
State	Published - Jul 1 2000
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Lidar
meteor trails
sodium resonance
spatial tracking

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Physical Sciences and Mathematics

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Meteor Trail Advection Observed During the 1998 Leonid Shower

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