Experimental Determination of Waiting Times for Meteor Trail Returns of Specified Durations

Abstract

This report presents calculations by the Air Force's Geophysics Laboratory (GL) of waiting times for signals scattered from ionized meteor trails having durations between 50 and 400 msec. The calculations are based on a Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) and bandwidth representative of a communication system using Binary Phase Shift Keying (BPSK) modulation with a Bit Error Rate (BER) of 10(-3) and a signaling rate of 8000 bits/sec. The computations are based on data obtained on the Geophysics Laboratory's High Latitude Meteor Scatter Test Bed in Greenland. Statistics of arrival rates, duty cycles, and durations for meteor scatter returns exceeding selected SNRs have been included for interpretation of the waiting time statistics. Statistics for the months of February, March, June, September, and December 1989 are included to evaluate the influence of seasonal variations on the waiting times.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 09, 1991
Accession Number
ADA256180

Entities

People

  • A. D. Bailey
  • J. C. Ostergaard
  • P. M. Bench

Organizations

  • Phillips Laboratory

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bandwidth
  • Channel Capacity
  • Classification
  • Communication Systems
  • Computations
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Rate
  • Databases
  • Diurnal Variations
  • Dynamic Range
  • High Latitudes
  • Latitude
  • Modulation
  • Seasonal Variations
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Statistics
  • Test Beds

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  • Radio communications and signal processing.
  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.