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

[Jean-Louis.RAULT at fr.thalesgroup.com]

It's depending on the radar type you are talking about.

At least some specific types of military radars are able to do the job (very
accurately)

Jean-Louis



> -----Original Message-----
> From: meteorobs-bounces at meteorobs.org 
> [mailto:meteorobs-bounces at meteorobs.org] On Behalf Of Roberto G.
> Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2009 5:13 PM
> To: Global Meteor Observing Forum
> Subject: Re: (meteorobs) General OT question....RADAR accuracy.
> 
> From: "Larry" <ycsentinel at att.net>
> 
> > 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