● Introduction● Lincoln Lab Meteor

Processor● Pulse/Threshold ● August 7, 2003

Results

Kristen FrazierCornell University

Mentor: Phil Erickson

August 7, 2003

Data Mining for Meteor Echoes Using High Power UHF Radar

● Introduction● Lincoln Lab Meteor

Processor● Pulse/Threshold ● August 7, 2003

Results

Kristen FrazierCornell University

Mentor: Phil Erickson

August 7, 2003

Local Sunrise

Orbit

IntroductionMicrometeors

- 10-5 – 10-4 m2

SporadicDetected at 90-140 km<Microsecond Duration

Micrometeor

Incoherent Scatter Radars

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4) 'HEAD ECHO' DETECTED

Translation Program“nrs_reformat”

RAW DATA Meteor ProcessorNASA Meteor Project

-Millstone Hill Collaboration-A. Coster, S. Close

Meteor Processor Program-D. Durand

Raw Data Sample

Single Meteor Streak

Single Meteor Streak

Color Indicates AmplitudeRadar Clutter From White Mountains

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Pulse Length: 40 microseconds

Raw Data Sample

Double Meteor Streak

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Pulse Wave Form Results

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3.00Best Results: 2.00 – 3.25Manually ChangedGate Index = 15

Threshold Results

239 Meteors Logged68 Visibly Detectable30 Manually Tagged

Conclusions

• Why Double/Single Streak Phenomenon? • Why is There Such a Difference in the Log vs. Plots• Would Different Thresholding Give Better Results?

Questions:

Peak Range Rate: 50 – 60 km/secPeak Mean Altitude: 106-108 kmDuration: 50-100 millisecondsPeak Correlation Coefficient: -1

Statistics:

239 Meteors Logged

68 Visibly Detected

30 Manually Tagged

Acknowledgments