Physics
Scientific paper
Jul 1990
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990p%26ss...38..925j&link_type=abstract
Planetary and Space Science (ISSN 0032-0633), vol. 38, July 1990, p. 925-932. Research supported by NSERC.
Physics
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Forward Scattering, Meteor Trails, Radio Scattering, Wave Scattering, Approximation, Incoherent Scatter Radar, Reflectance, Wavelengths
Scientific paper
This paper describes the application of the oblique-scatter theory of Jones and Jones (1990) for the special case for which the wavelength of the incident radio waves is very much longer than the radius of the train. Graphs are presented, showing how the reflection coefficient varies with the train radius, the obliquity, and the polarization of the incident wave, and the implications of these results for forward-scatter meteor radar systems are discussed. The main finding is that the coupling of the field equations is important early in the echo when the plasma is overdense in the volume sense. When the dielectric constant becomes positive throughout the train and the electrons begin to scatter independently, the reflection coefficient can be calculated fairly accurately using polarization theory.
Jones Jason J.
Jones William
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