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Les tempêtes et averses de météores sont désormais considérées comme un danger potentiel dans l’environnement spatial. Les observations radar de météores présentent l'avantage d'une sensibilité beaucoup plus élevée par rapport aux observations optiques. Le radar MU de l'Université de Kyoto, au Japon, possède une capacité unique d'orientation très rapide du faisceau ainsi qu'une grande sensibilité aux échos de l'ionisation autour des météores. Nous avons développé un système d'observation spécial qui nous permet de déterminer l'orbite de météores individuels. La direction de la cible est déterminée en comparant l'intensité de l'écho sur trois faisceaux adjacents. La technique de compression d'impulsions Doppler est appliquée pour améliorer le rapport signal/bruit des échos de la cible très rapide, mais aussi pour déterminer la distance avec précision. Le schéma développé a été appliqué à l'observation réalisée lors de la tempête de météores Léonides du 18 novembre 1998 (JST). La distribution orbitale estimée semble suggérer que les météores très faibles détectés par le radar MU sont dominés par des météores sporadiques plutôt que par les météores de flux associés à la tempête des Léonides.
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Toru SATO, Takuji NAKAMURA, Koji NISHIMURA, "Orbit Determination of Meteors Using the MU Radar" in IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications,
vol. E83-B, no. 9, pp. 1990-1995, September 2000, doi: .
Abstract: Meteor storms and showers are now considered as potential hazard in the space environment. Radar observations of meteors has an advantage of a much higher sensitivity over optical observations. The MU radar of Kyoto University, Japan has a unique capability of very fast beam steerability as well as a high sensitivity to the echoes from ionization around the meteors. We developed a special observation scheme which enables us to determine the orbit of individual meteors. The direction of the target is determined by comparing the echo intensity at three adjacent beams. The Doppler pulse compression technique is applied to improve the signal-to-noise ratio of the echoes from the very fast target, and also to determine the range accurately. The developed scheme was applied to the observation made during the Leonid meteor storm on November 18, 1998 (JST). Estimated orbital distribution seems to suggest that the very weak meteors detected by the MU radar are dominated by sporadic meteors rather than the stream meteors associated with the Leonids storm.
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