A comparative study of radar and optical observations of meteor showers using SAAMER-OS and CAMS. (1st September 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bruzzone, Juan Sebastián; Janches, Diego; Jenniskens, Peter; Weryk, Robert; Hormaechea, Jose Luis
• Is Part Of: Planetary and space science. Volume 188(2020)
• Publication Date: 2020-09-01
• Subjects: Meteoroids -- Meteors -- Radar -- Video; Space sciences -- Periodicals; Atmosphere, Upper -- Periodicals; Sciences spatiales -- Périodiques; Haute atmosphère -- Périodiques; 523
• DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2020.104936
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0032-0633

Abstract

Abstract: We present a comparison of radar and optical meteor shower radiant distributions with the Southern Argentina Agile Meteor Radar-Orbital System (SAAMER-OS) and the Cameras for Allsky Meteor Surveillance (CAMS). This study comprise seven years of meteor radar surveillance with SAAMER-OS and over eight years of the CAMS video meteor data. In total, over five million meteor radar and close to 500, 000 video meteor orbits are analyzed thus providing a robust statistical dataset. With a five-fold increase in SAAMER-OS orbits, we revisit the initial SAAMER-OS shower survey and compare a selection of 20 established meteor showers against those reported by CAMS.