Articles | Volume 10, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-527-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-527-2017
Research article
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14 Feb 2017
Research article |  | 14 Feb 2017

VHF antenna pattern characterization by the observation of meteor head echoes

Toralf Renkwitz, Carsten Schult, and Ralph Latteck

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The knowledge of the actual radiation pattern is crucial for the analysis of radar echoes and is also an important indicator of the radar's health status. The method described here allows the radiation pattern to be characterized by observing meteor head echoes. In contrast to previous studies we generate angular occurrence maps of meteor trajectory points for periods of normal and limited radar functionality to derive the radiation pattern and compare them thorough simulation results.