Quantitative analyses of transverse scatter meteors to derive physically consistent solutions
of the ambipolar diffusion coefficient, electron line density, and initial trail radius have been …

Meteoroids represent the material remaining from the formation of the solar system and carry
unique information on the earliest forming solids. They enable the study of the structure and …

Long‐lived nonspecular meteor echoes backscattered from meteor trail nonfield‐aligned
irregularities (NFAIs) were observed sporadically at high latitudes. In this study, we employ …

Every second, millions of submilligram meteoroids enter the Earth's atmosphere producing
dense plasmas. Radars easily detect these plasmas, and researchers use this data to …

Millions of small but detectable meteors hit the Earth's atmosphere every second, creating
trails of hot plasma that turbulently diffuse into the background atmosphere. For over 60 …

High‐power large‐aperture (HPLA) radars frequently observe nonspecular meteor trail
echoes that result from plasma turbulence driven by the intense pressure gradients on the …

Nonclassical radar meteor echoes or range spread trail echoes (RSTEs), lasting from tens of
seconds to over 15 min, have been a subject of considerable interest and speculation in the …

The decay of underdense meteor trails in the polar mesopause region is thought to be
predominantly due to ambipolar diffusion, a process governed by the ambient temperature …

A recent theory of meteor trail plasma diffusion made the prediction that meteors will
generate more and longer lasting non‐specular echoes at night than during the day. This …

There are several thermosphere ionosphere models with bottom boundaries somewhere in
the middle atmosphere. Achieving a true whole atmosphere modeling capability requires the …