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Comparison of methods of determining meteoroid range rates from linear frequency modulated chirped pulses
Author(s) -
Loveland R.,
Macdonell A.,
Close S.,
Oppenheim M.,
Colestock P.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
radio science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1944-799X
pISSN - 0048-6604
DOI - 10.1029/2010rs004479
Subject(s) - meteoroid , range (aeronautics) , radar , physics , pulse repetition frequency , algorithm , optics , computer science , mathematics , remote sensing , telecommunications , geology , materials science , astronomy , composite material
In this paper we present three methods for evaluating range rates of meteoroids passing through the ionosphere, using linear frequency modulated (LFM) chirped pulse data from the ALTAIR radar. The first method is based on the simple calculation of range differences divided by interpulse intervals. The second method utilizes the dual‐frequency capability of ALTAIR to solve for range rates based on the difference in the measured ranges due to range‐Doppler coupling. The third method utilizes a simplified form of integer programming in order to unwrap the phase differences of the matched filter time response, with reliance on the rough approximation available from the first method to disambiguate the solution set. The results of the three methods, with error bounds, are given for a large set of meteoroid head echoes taken from a data collection conducted with ALTAIR in 2007.