ON RADAR MEASUREMENTS OF THE TERRESTRIAL MASS ACCRETION RATE OF METEOROIDS

Authors
FOSCHINI L
Citation
L. Foschini, ON RADAR MEASUREMENTS OF THE TERRESTRIAL MASS ACCRETION RATE OF METEOROIDS, Nuovo cimento della Societa italiana di fisica. C, Geophysics and space physics, 20(1), 1997, pp. 127-130
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Geochemitry & Geophysics","Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
Nuovo cimento della Societa italiana di fisica. C, Geophysics and space physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
11241896
Volume
20
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
127 - 130
Database
ISI
SICI code
1124-1896(1997)20:1<127:ORMOTT>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Radar data recorded during 1993 and 1994 by using the forward-scatter meteor radar of the National Research Council (CNR), enable us to obta in a measurement of the terrestrial mass accretion rate in the cosmic dust mass range 10(-12) to 10(-7) kg. This value results to be 5.4 . 1 0(7) per year and is in good agreement with previous estimates obtaine d from other authors (LOVE S. G. and BROWNLEE D. E., Science, 262 (199 3) 550). Calculations are possible only by taking into account some st atistical data series and extrapolation toward higher mass ranges appe ars to be misleading.