Effect of neutral winds on the creation of non-specular meteor trail echoes

Galindo, Freddy; Urbina, Julio; Dyrud, Lars

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-39-709-2021

Articles | Volume 39, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-39-709-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-39-709-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 39, issue 4

Regular paper

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23 Jul 2021

Regular paper |

| 23 Jul 2021

Effect of neutral winds on the creation of non-specular meteor trail echoes

Freddy Galindo, Julio Urbina, and Lars Dyrud

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RC1: 'Comment on "Effect of neutral winds on the creation of non-specular meteor trail echoes" by Galindo et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 09 Aug 2020
- AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Julio Urbina, 13 Jan 2021
RC2: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 03 Nov 2020
- AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Julio Urbina, 13 Jan 2021

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by editor and referees) (18 Jan 2021) by Keisuke Hosokawa

AR by Julio Urbina on behalf of the Authors (02 Mar 2021) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (05 Mar 2021) by Keisuke Hosokawa

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (04 Apr 2021)

ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by editor and referees) (05 Apr 2021) by Keisuke Hosokawa

AR by Julio Urbina on behalf of the Authors (04 Jun 2021) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (08 Jun 2021) by Keisuke Hosokawa

AR by Julio Urbina on behalf of the Authors (16 Jun 2021) Manuscript

Short summary

Micro-size particles entering the Earth’s atmosphere do not emit enough light to be observed as meteors, but they can be probed with radars. The echo from these meteors depends on particle size and the atmosphere in which the particle travels. In this paper, we study the importance of neutral winds in forming meteor returns sensed by radars. We show that meteor trails can exhibit unique radar signatures due to neutral winds, explaining unique signatures in radar maps.