(meteorobs) General OT question....RADAR accuracy.

Larry ycsentinel at att.net
Thu Nov 5 02:24:39 EST 2009


How accurate are RADAR returns of a Bolide explosion in terms of azimuth and 
elevation?

Are the RADAR returns so dependant on wake products(persistant trains), that 
an accurate fix on the point of explosion cannot be determined as closely as 
an all-sky camera aligned to True North with an accurate elevation and 
azimuth overlay. Astrometric measuring not a part of this question.

In other words... is RADAR positioning usefull at all for accurate ground 
searching of Bolide spawned meteorites? Or just a general area(strown field) 
of a drop path?

YCSentinel 




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