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Recognition of Meteor Showers From the Heights of Ionization Trails
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posted on 2019-08-20, 09:04 authored by R Lukianova, A Kozlovsky, M LesterMeteoroids constantly enter the Earth's atmosphere, collide with atmospheric molecules, and heat and ablate in the sufficiently dense atmospheric layers at heights between 70 and 110 km. It is still a problem to recognize properties of the meteor streams among the sporadic background. The meteor radar observations at Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory (67°22′N, 26°38′E, Finland) during 2008–2017 show that meteoroids of some showers produce ionization trails at altitudes noticeably exceeding those of sporadic meteors. Using the median height of meteor trails and corresponding upper and lower quartiles as a metric, we unambiguously distinguish all northern hemisphere meteor showers with a zenithal hourly rate larger than 12, namely, the Quadrantids, Lyrids, Eta Aquariids, Arietids (or/and Daytime Zeta Perseids), Perseids, Orionids, Leonids, and Geminids. Additionally, signatures of a possible meteor stream during 26–30 January were detected, although identification of this stream is still under question. This new analysis indicates that the origin of the shower meteor trails at higher altitudes is likely due to higher speed and probably lighter or less dense meteoroids belonging to the showers.
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The authors acknowledge the support by the International Space Science Institute (ISSI) and discussions within the ISSI Team 410 on New Features in the Meteor Radar Observations and Applications for Space Research. R.L. acknowledges support from the Academy of Finland via grant 310348.
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Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 2018, 123 (8), pp. 7067-7076 (10)Author affiliation
/Organisation/COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING/Department of Physics and AstronomyVersion
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Journal of Geophysical Research: Space PhysicsPublisher
American Geophysical Union (AGU), Wileyissn
2169-9380eissn
2169-9402Acceptance date
2018-07-25Copyright date
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https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2018JA025706Notes
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