Meteor Radar Observations

The Canadian Meteor Orbit Radar (CMOR)

All CMOR Publications (chronologically ordered)

  1. Marshall, R.A., Brown, P., Close, S., 2017. Plasma distributions in meteor head echoes and implications for radar cross section interpretation. Planet. Space Sci. 1?6. doi:10.1016/j.pss.2016.12.011
  2. Blaauw, R.C., 2017. The mass index and mass of the Geminid meteoroid stream as determined with radar, optical and lunar impact data. Planet. Space Sci. 1?6. doi:10.1016/j.pss.2017.04.007
  3. Moorhead, A. V., Brown, P.G., Campbell-Brown, M.D., Heynen, D., Cooke, W.J., 2017. Fully correcting the meteor speed distribution for radar observing biases. Planet. Space Sci. 1?9.      doi:10.1016/j.pss.2017.02.002
  4. Abedin, A., Wiegert, P., Pokornı, P., Brown, P., 2017. The age and the probable parent body of the daytime Arietid meteor shower. Icarus 281, 417?443. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2016.08.017
  5. Sato, M., Watanabe, J., Tsuchiya, C., Moorhead, A. V., Moser, D.E., Brown, P.G., Cooke, W.J., 2017. Detection of the Phoenicids meteor shower in 2014. Planet. Space Sci. 1?6. doi:10.1016/j.pss.2017.0 Stober, G., Matthias, V., Brown, P.G., Chau, J.L., 2014. Neutral density variation from specular meteor echo observations spanning one solar cycle. Geophys. Res. Lett. 41, 6919?6925.           doi:10.1002/2014GL061273
  6. Matthias, V., Hoffmann, P., Manson, a., Meek, C., Stober, G., Brown, P.G., Rapp, M., 2013. The impact of planetary waves on the latitudinal displacement of sudden stratospheric warmings. Ann. Geophys. 31, 1397?1415. doi:10.5194/angeo-31-1397-2013
  7. Weryk, R.J., Brown, P.G., 2013. Simultaneous radar and video meteors?II: Photometry and ionisation. Planet. Space Sci. 81, 32?47. doi:10.1016/j.pss.2013.03.012
  8. Ye, Q., Wiegert, P., Brown, P.G., Campbell-Brown, M.D., Weryk, R.J., 2013. The unexpected 2012 Draconid meteor storm. Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 437, 3812?3823. doi:10.1093/mnras/stt2178
  9. Ye, Q., Brown, P.G., Campbell-Brown, M.D., Weryk, R.J., 2013. Radar observations of the 2011 October Draconid outburst. Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 436, 675?689. doi:10.1093/mnras/stt1605
  10. Wiegert, P., Brown, P.G., Weryk, R.J., Wong, D.K., 2013. the Return of the Andromedids Meteor Shower. Astron. J. 145, 70. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/145/3/70
  11. Weryk, R.J., Brown, P.G., 2012. Simultaneous radar and video meteors?I: Metric comparisons. Planet. Space Sci. 62, 132?152. doi:10.1016/j.pss.2011.12.023
  12. Brown, P., McCAUSLAND, P.J. a., Fries, M., Silber, E., Edwards, W.N., Wong, D.K., Weryk, R.J., Fries, J., Krzeminski, Z., 2011. The fall of the Grimsby meteorite-I: Fireball dynamics and orbit from radar,                 video, and infrasound records. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 46. doi:10.1111/j.1945-5100.2010.01167.x
  13. Wiegert, P., Brown, P.G., Weryk, R.J., Wong, D.K., 2011. The Daytime Craterids, a radar-detected meteor shower outburst from hyperbolic comet C/2007 W1 (Boattini). Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 414, 668?676.                 doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.18432.x
  14. Blaauw, R.C., Campbell-Brown, M.D., Weryk, R.J., 2011. Mass distribution indices of sporadic meteors using radar data. Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. no-no. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.18038.x
  15. Blaauw, R.C., Campbell-Brown, M.D., Weryk, R.J., 2011. A meteoroid stream survey using the Canadian Meteor Orbit Radar - III. Mass distribution indices of six major meteor showers. Mon. Not. R. Astron.     Soc. 414, 3322?3329. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.18633.x
  16. Soja, R.H., Baggaley, W.J., Brown, P.G., Hamilton, D.P., 2011. Dynamical resonant structures in meteoroid stream orbits. Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 414, 1059?1076. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.18442.x
  17. Wiegert, P. a., Brown, P.G., Weryk, R.J., Wong, D.K., 2011. The Daytime Craterids, a radar-detected meteor shower outburst from hyperbolic comet C/2007 W1 (Boattini). Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 1, no-no.                 doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.18432.x
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  19. Ye, Q., Brown, P.G., Pokornı, P., 2016. Dormant Comets Among the Near-Earth Object Population: A Meteor-Based Survey. Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc 462, 3511?3527. doi:10.1093/mnras/stw1846
  20. Ye, Q., Hui (许文韬), M.-T., Brown, P.G., Campbell-Brown, M.D., Pokornı, P., Wiegert, P., Gao (高兴), X., 2016. When comets get old: A synthesis of comet and meteor observations of the low activity comet                 209P/LINEAR. Icarus 264, 48?61. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.09.003
  21. Ye, Q., Brown, P.G., Bell, C., Gao, X., Ma?ek, M., 2016. Moderately active comet: the case of 15P/Finlay. Aging comets and their meteor showers 814, 37.
  22. Pokornı, P., Brown, P.G., 2016. A reproducible method to determine the meteoroid mass index. Astron. Astrophys. 592, 1?12. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201628134
  23. Abedin, A., Spurnı, P., Wiegert, P., Pokornı, P., Borovička, J., Brown, P.G., 2015. On the age and formation mechanism of the core of the Quadrantid meteoroid stream. Icarus 261, 100?117. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.08.016
  24. Campbell-Brown, M.D., Brown, P.G., 2014. A 13-year radar study of the  -Aquariid meteor shower. Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 446, 3669?3675. doi:10.1093/mnras/stu2327
  25. Moorhead, A. V., Brown, P.G., Spurnı, P., Cooke, W.J., Shrbenı, L., 2015. the 2014 Kcg Meteor Outburst: Clues To a Parent Body. Astron. J. 150, 122. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/150/4/122
  26. Pokornı, P., Vokrouhlickı, D., Nesvornı, D., Campbell-Brown, M.D., Brown, P.G., 2014. Dynamical Model for the Toroidal Sporadic Meteors. Astrophys. J. 789, 25. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/789/1/25
  27. Bruzzone, J.S., Brown, P.G., Weryk, R.J., Campbell-Brown, M.D., 2014. A decadal survey of the Daytime Arietid meteor shower using the Canadian Meteor Orbit Radar. Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 446, 1625?      1640. doi:10.1093/mnras/stu2200
  28. Wiegert, P. a., Brown, P.G., Weryk, R.J., Wong, D.K., 2011. The Daytime Craterids, a radar-detected meteor shower outburst from hyperbolic comet C/2007 W1 (Boattini). Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 1, no-no.                 doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.18432.x
  29. Blaauw, R.C., Campbell-Brown, M.D., Weryk, R.J., 2011. Mass distribution indices of sporadic meteors using radar data. Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 412, 2033?2039. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.18038.x
  30. Brown, P.G., Wong, D.K., Weryk, R.J., Wiegert, P., 2010. A meteoroid stream survey using the Canadian Meteor Orbit RadarII: Identification of minor showers using a 3D wavelet transform. Icarus 207, 66?81.                 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2009.11.015
  31. Wiegert, P., Brown, P.G., Weryk, R.J., Wong, D.K., 2010. A radar-detected meteor shower outburst from comet C / 2007 W1 Boattini. Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 7, 1?7. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.18432.x
  32. Campbell-Brown, M.D., Wiegert, P., 2009. Seasonal variations in the north toroidal sporadic meteor source. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 44, 1837?1848. doi:10.1111/j.1945-5100.2009.tb01992.x
  33. Wiegert, P., Vaubaillon, J., Campbell-Brown, M.D., 2009. A dynamical model of the sporadic meteoroid complex. Icarus 201, 295?310. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2008.12.030
  34. Brown, P.G., Weryk, R.J., Wong, D., Jones, J., 2008. A meteoroid stream survey using the Canadian Meteor Orbit Radar I. Methodology and radiant catalogue. Icarus 195, 317?339. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2007.12.002
  35. Brown, P., Weryk, R.J., Wong, D.K., Jones, J., 2008. The canadian meteor orbit radar meteor stream catalogue. Adv. Meteoroid Meteor Sci. 209?219. doi:10.1007/978-0-387-78419-9_30
  36. Campbell-Brown, M.D., 2008. High resolution radiant distribution and orbits of sporadic radar meteoroids. Icarus 196, 144?163.
  37. Campbell-Brown, M.D., 2007. Directional Variation of Sporadic Meteor Activity and Velocity. Earth. Moon. Planets 102, 79?84. doi:10.1007/s11038-007-9152-8
  38. Campbell-Brown, M., 2007. The Meteoroid Environment: Shower and Sporadic Meteors. Work. Dust Planet. Syst. (ESA SP-643). Sept. 26-30 2005 643, 11.
  39. Wiegert, P., 2007. The Dynamics of Low-Perihelion Meteoroid Streams. Earth. Moon. Planets 102, 15?26. doi:10.1007/s11038-007-9182-2
  40. Campbell-Brown, M.D., Jones, J., 2006. Annual variation of sporadic radar meteor rates. Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 367, 709?716. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.09974.x
  41. Campbell-Brown, M.D., Vaubaillon, J., Brown, P.G., Weryk, R.J., Arlt, R., 2006. The 2005 Draconid outburst. Astron. Astrophys. 451, 339?344.
  42. Jones, J., Jones, W., 2006. Meteor radiant activity mapping using single-station radar observations. Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 367, 1050?1056. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10025.x
  43. Jones, J., Brown, P.G., Ellis, K.J., Webster, A., Campbell-Brown, M.D., Krzemenski, Z., Weryk, R.J., 2005. The Canadian Meteor Orbit Radar : system overview and preliminary results. Planet. Space Sci. 53, 413?421. doi:10.1016/j.pss.2004.11.002
  44. Webster, A.R., Jones, J., 2005. Single and multi-station radar observations of the geminid/sextantid meteor stream system. Earth, Moon Planets 95, 713?721. doi:10.1007/s11038-005-9003-4
  45. Jones, J., Campbell-Brown, M.D., 2005. The initial train radius of sporadic meteors. Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc 359, 1131?1136. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.08972.x
  46. Wiegert, P., Brown, P.G., 2005. The Quadrantid meteoroid complex. Icarus 179, 139?157. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2005.05.019
  47. Brown, P.G., Jones, J., Weryk, R.J., Campbell-Brown, M.D., 2005. The velocity distribution of meteoroids at the Earth as measured by the Canadian Meteor Orbit Radar (CMOR). Earth, Moon Planets 617?626.                 doi:10.1007/s11038-005-5041-1
  48. Campbell-Brown, M.D., 2004. Radar observations of the Arietids. Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc 352, 1421?1425. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.08039.x
  49. Weryk, R.J., Brown, P.G., 2004. A search for interstellar meteoroids using the Canadian Meteor Orbit Radar (CMOR). Earth. Moon. Planets 95, 221?227. doi:10.1007/s11038-005-9034-x
  50. Webster, A., Brown, P.G., Jones, J., Ellis, K.J., Campbell-Brown, M.D., 2004. Canadian Meteor Orbit Radar (CMOR). Atmos. Chem. Phys. 4, 679?684.
  51. Campbell-Brown, M.D., Jones, J., 2003. Determining the initial radius of meteor trains: fragmentation. Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 343, 775?780.
  52. Brown, P.G., Campbell, M., Suggs, R., Cooke, W.J., Theijsmeijer, C., Hawkes, R.L., Jones, J., Ellis, K.J., 2002. Video and radar observations of the 2000 Leonids: evidence for a strong flux peak associated with 1932 ejecta? Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 335, 473?479. doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05637.x
  53. Brown, P., Campbell, M.D., Ellis, K.J., Hawkes, R.L., Jones, J., Gural, P., Babcock, D., Barnbaum, C., Bartlett, R.K., Bedard, M., Bedient, J., Beech, M., Brosch, N., Clifton, S., Connors, M., Cooke, B., Goetz, P., Gaines, J.K., Gramer, L., Gray, J., Hildebrand, A.R., Jewell, D., Jones, A., Leake, M., LeBlanc, A.G., Looper, J.K., McIntosh, B.A., Montague, T., Morrow, M.J., Murray, I.S., Nikolova, S., Robichaud, J., Spondor, R., Talarico, J., Theijsmeijer, C., Tilton, B., Treu, M., Vachon, C., Webster, A.R., Weryk, R., Worden, S.P., 2000. Global Ground-Based Electro-Optical and Radar Observations of the 1999 Leonid Shower: First Results. Earth Moon Planets 82, 167?190.

 

Selected full CMOR Related Publications

 

Brown P., Wong D.K., Weryk R.J., and P. Wiegert. 2010. A Meteoroid Stream Survey Using the Canadian Meteor Orbit Radar–II: Identification of minor showers using a 3D wavelet transform, Icarus, doi 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.11.015 Full Text

Brown P., Weryk R.J., Wong D.K., Jones, J. 2008. A Meteoroid Stream Survey Using the Canadian Meteor Orbit Radar–I: Methodology and Radiant Catalogue, Icarus, 195, 317-339.Full Text

Brown P., Weryk R.J., Wong D.K., Jones J. 2008. The Canadian Meteor Orbit Radar Meteor Stream Catalogue. Earth Moon and Planets, 102, 209-219. Full Text

Campbell-Brown, M. D. 2008. High resolution radiant distribution and orbits of sporadic radar meteoroids. Icarus, 196, 144-163 Full Text

Campbell-Brown, M. D., Jones, J. 2006. Annual variation of sporadic radar meteor rates. Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. Full Text

Jones, J., Jones, W. 2006. Meteor radiant activity mapping using single-station radar observations. Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. Full text

Jones, J. and M. Campbell-Brown. 2005. The initial train radius of sporadic meteors. Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 359, 1131-1136. Full Text

Jones, J., Brown, P., Ellis, K. J., Webster, A. R., Campbell-Brown, M., Krzemenski, Z., Weryk, R. J. 2005. The Canadian Meteor Orbit Radar: system overview and preliminary results. Planetary & Space Science 53, 413-421. Full Text

Campbell-Brown, M., Vaubaillon, J., Brown, P., Weryk, R. J., and R. Arlt. 2005. The 2005 Draconid outburst. Astronomy and Astrophysics manuscript, Drac2005-v8. Full Text

Brown, P., Jones, J., Weryk, R. J. and M. D. Campbell-Brown. 2005. The velocity distribution of meteoroids at the Earth as measured by the Canadian Meteor Orbit Radar (CMOR). Earth, Moon, and Planets. Full Text

Weryk, R. J., Brown, P., 2005. A search for insterstellar meteroids using the Canadian Meteor Orbit Radar (CMOR). Earth, Moon, and Planets, 95, 221-227. Full Text

Webster, A.R., Brown, P.G., Jones, J., Ellis, K.J., and M. Campbell-Brown. 2004. The Canadian Meteor Orbit Radar (CMOR), Atmos. Chem. Phys. Disc 4, 1181-1201. Full Text

M. Campbell-Brown and J. Jones. 2003. Determining the initial radius of meteor ttrains: fragmentation. Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 343, 775-780. Full Text

Campbell-Brown, M., 2004. Radar observations of the Arietids. Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 352, 1421-1425. Full Text

Jones, J., Webster, A. R., Hocking, W. K. 1998. An improved inferometer design for use with meteor radars. Radio Science, Vol. 33, 1, 55-65. Full Text

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