Title :
BRAMS: The Belgian RAdio Meteor Stations
Author :
Lamy, H. ; Ranvier, S. ; De Keyser, Jacques ; Gamby, E. ; Calders, S.
Author_Institution :
Belgian Inst. for Space Aeronomy, Brussels, Belgium
Abstract :
BRAMS (Belgian RAdio Meteor Stations) is a new facility currently developed in Belgium to detect and study meteors with radio forward scattering techniques. The transmitter is a dedicated beacon and 25 receiving stations (including one interferometer) are spread all over Belgium. The characteristics of BRAMS and the scientific goals of the project will be discussed. Preliminary results for the automatic detection and counting of meteor echoes will be presented as well as initial results obtained with the interferometer. The methods planned to calculate meteoroid flux densities and trajectories of individual meteoroids will be discussed.
Keywords :
atmospheric techniques; meteoroids; meteors; BRAMS facility; Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy; Belgian RAdio Meteor Stations; Belgium; automatic detection; meteor echoe counting; meteoroid flux densities; meteoroid trajectories; radio forward scattering techniques; receiving stations; transmitter beacon; Approximation algorithms; Image edge detection; Radio interferometry; Radio transmitters; Scattering; Space stations; Trajectory;
Conference_Titel :
General Assembly and Scientific Symposium, 2011 XXXth URSI
Conference_Location :
Istanbul
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5117-3
DOI :
10.1109/URSIGASS.2011.6050925
