The Uncertainty Principle: A Limitation on Meteor Trail Radar Wind Measurements.
Abstract
In any Doppler radar measurement of the drift velocity of a meteor trail, the duration of the trail limits the data collection to a time interval on the order of one second, and often less. It is shown that the corresponding limitation on measurement of frequency of the returned radar pulse, imposed by the uncertainty principle, is not trivial. For the frequencies commonly used, root mean square errors on the order of several meters per second should be expected. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1970
- Accession Number
- AD0716996
Entities
People
- James D. Lindberg
Organizations
- Atmospheric Sciences Laboratory