Leonid Storm Research

by Jenniskens, Peter; Rietmeijer, Frans; Brosch, Noah; Fonda, Mark

• ISBN13: 9780792367383
• ISBN10: 0792367383
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-11-01
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub

Summary

This book will appeal to all researchers that have an interest in the current Leonid showers. It contains over forty research papers that present some of the first observational results of the November 1999 Leonid meteor storm, the first storm observed by modern observing techniques. The book is a first glimpse of the large amount of information obtained during NASA's Leonid Multi-Instrument Aircraft Campaign and groundbased campaigns throughout the world. It provides an excellent overview on the state of meteor shower research for any professional researcher or amateur meteor observer interested in studies of meteors and meteoroids and their relation to comets, the origin of life on Earth, the satellite impact hazard issue, and upper atmosphere studies of neutral atom chemistry, the formation of meteoric debris, persistent trains, airglow, noctilucent clouds, sprites and elves.

Table of Contents

I. INTRODUCTION
The 1999 Leonid Multi-Instrument Aircraft Campaign - An Early Review	1	(26)
P. Jenniskens
S. J. Butow
M. Fonda
Usaf Perspectives On Leonid Threat And Data Gathering Campaigns	27	(12)
M. H. Treu
S. P. Worden
M. G. Bedard
R. K. Bartlett
The ESOC ``Meteor Alert Center'' (Malc) and Its Application During the 1999 Leonid Shower	39	(8)
J. Zender
D. Koschny
L. Neira
Coordinated Observations of Leonids in Israel	47	(10)
N. Brosch
II. ASTROBIOLOGY
Meteors: A Delivery Mechanism of Organic Matter to the Early Earth	57	(14)
P. Jenniskens
M. A. Wilson
D. Packan
C. O. Laux
C. H. Kruger
I. D. Boyd
O. P. Popova
M. Fonda
Search for Organic Matter in Leonid Meteors	71	(10)
R. L. Rairden
P. Jenniskens
C. O. Laux
Observations of Leonid Meteors Using a Mid-Wave Infrared Imaging Spectrograph	81	(12)
G. S. Rossano
R. W. Russell
D. K. Lynch
T. K. Tessensohn
D. Warren
P. Jenniskens
Computation of Atmospheric Entry Flow About a Leonid Meteoroid	93	(16)
I. D. Boyd
Screening of Meteoroids by Ablation Vapor in High-Velocity Meteoroids	109	(20)
O. P. Popova
S. N. Sidneva
V. V. Shuvalov
A. S. Strelkov
Search for Extraterrestrial Origin of Atmospheric Trace Molecules - Radio Sub-MM Observations During The Leonids	129	(12)
D. Despois
P. Ricaud
N. Lautie
N. Schneider
T. Jacq
N. Biver
D. C. Lis
R. A. Chamberlin
T. G. Phillips
M. Miller
P. Jenniskens
Organic Matter in Dust of Comet 21p/Giacobini-Zinner and the Draconid Meteoroids	141	(8)
N. N. Kiselev
K. Jockers
V. K. Rosenbush
III. COMET DUST TRAIL: METEOROID STREAM DYNAMICS
Predicting the Strength of Leonid Outbursts	149	(18)
E. J. Lyytinen
T. Van Flandern
Global Ground-Based Electro-Optical and Radar Observations of the 1999 Leonid Shower: First Results	167	(24)
P. Brown
M. D. Campbell
K. J. Ellis
R. L. Hawkes
J. Jones
P. Gural
D. Babcock
C. Barnbaum
R. K. Bartlett
M. Bedard
J. Bedient
M. Beech
N. Brosch
S. Clifton
M. Connors
B. Cooke
P. Goetz
J. K. Gaines
L. Gramer
J. Gray
A. R. Hildebrand
D. Jewell
A. Jones
M. Leake
A. G. LeBlanc
J. K. Looper
B. A. McIntosh
T. Montague
M. J. Morrow
I. S. Murray
S. Nikolova
J. Robichaud
R. Spondor
J. Talarico
C. Theijsmeijer
B. Tilton
M. Treu
C. Vachon
A. R. Webster
R. Weryk
S. P. Worden
Lorentz Shaped Comet Dust Trail Cross Section from New Hybrid Visual and Video Meteor Counting Technique - Implications for Future Leonid Storm Encounters	191	(18)
P. Jenniskens
C. Crawford
S. J. Butow
D. Nugent
M. Koop
D. Holman
J. Houston
K. Jobse
G. Kronk
K. Beatty
Comparing Meteor Number Fluxes from Ground-Based and Airplane-Based Video Observations	209	(12)
D. Koschny
J. Zender
Leonid Storm Flux Analysis from One Leonid Mac Video AL50R	221	(28)
P. S. Gural
P. Jenniskens
The Leonid Meteors and Space Shuttle Risk Assessment	249	(8)
J. F. Pawlowski
T. T. Hebert
Visual Observations of the 1998 and 1999 Leonids in Israel	257	(8)
A. Mikishev
A. Levina
Observations of the Leonid Meteoroid Stream by a Multistation FS Radio System	265	(12)
G. Cevolani
G. Pupillo
A. Hajduk
V. Porubcan
Precise Trajectories and Orbits of Meteoroids from the 1999 Leonid Meteor Storm	277	(8)
H. Betlem
P. Jenniskens
P. Spurny
G. Docters Van Leeuwen
K. Miskotte
C. R. Ter Kuile
P. Zarubin
C. Angelos
Photographic Leonids 1998 Observed at Modra Observatory	285	(10)
J. Toth
L. Kornos
V. Porubcan
Temporal Variation in the Orbital Element Distribution of the 1998 Leonid Outburst	295	(10)
M. C. De Lignie
M. Langbroek
H. Betlem
P. Spurny
1997 Leonid Shower from Space	305	(8)
P. Jenniskens
D. Nugent
E. Tedesco
J. Murthy
IV. METEOROID COMPOSITION AND ABLATION
from Comets to Meteors	313	(12)
J. M. Greenberg
Collected Extraterrestrial Materials: Constraints on Meteor and Fireball Compositions	325	(26)
F. J. M. Rietmeijer
J. A. Nuth III
Comparison of 1998 and 1999 Leonid Light Curve Morphology and Meteoroid Structure	351	(18)
I. S. Murray
M. Beech
M. J. Taylor
P. Jenniskens
R. L. Hawkes
First Results of High-Definition TV Spectroscopic Observations of the 1999 Leonid Meteor Shower	369	(10)
S. Abe
H. Yano
N. Ebizuka
J.-L. Watanabe
Jet-Like Structures and Wake in Mg I (518 nm) Images of 1999 Leonid Storm Meteors	379	(12)
M. J. Taylor
L. C. Gardner
I. S. Murray
P. Jenniskens
Ground-Based Leonid Imaging in the UV	391	(8)
E. Almoznino
J. M. Topaz
V. METEOR AFTERGLOW AND PERSISTENT TRAINS
Time Resolved Spectroscopy of a Leonid Fireball Afterglow	399	(30)
J. Borovicka
P. Jenniskens
FeO ``Orange Arc'' Emission Detected in Optical Spectrum of Leonid Persistent Train	429	(10)
P. Jenniskens
M. Lacey
B. J. Allan
D. E. Self
J. M. C. Plane
Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy of Persistent Leonid Trains	439	(18)
R. W. Russell
G. S. Rossano
M. A. Chatelain
D. K. Lynch
T. K. Tessensohn
E. Abendroth
D. Kim
P. Jenniskens
Buoyancy of the ``Y2k'' Persistent Train and the Trajectory of the 04:00:29 UT Leonid Fireball	457	(14)
P. Jenniskens
R. L. Rairden
The Dynamical Evolution of a Tubular Leonid Persistent Train	471	(18)
P. Jenniskens
D. Nugent
J. M. C. Plane
VI. METEOROID DEBRIS
Dust Particles in the Atmosphere During the Leonid Meteor Showers of 1998 and 1999	489	(16)
N. Mateshvili
I. Mateshvili
G. Mateshvili
L. Gheondjian
Z. Kapanadze
Recognizing Leonid Meteoroids Among the Collected Stratospheric Dust	505	(20)
F. J. M. Rietmeijer
P. Jenniskens
VII. MESOSPHERE AND LOWER THERMOSPHERE
Preliminary Data on Variations of OH Airglow During the Leonid 1999 Meteor Storm	525	(10)
J. Kristl
M. Esplin
T. Hudson
M. Taylor
C. L. Siefring
Airglow and Meteor Rates Over Israel During the 1999 Leonid Storm	535	(10)
N. Brosch
O. Shemmer
ELF/VLF Radiation Produced by the 1999 Leonid Meteors	545	(10)
C. Price
M. Blum
Note on the Reaction of the Upper Atmosphere Potassium Layer to the 1999 Leonid Meteor Storm	555	(10)
J. Hoffner
C. Fricke-Begemann
U. Von Zahn
Mesospheric and Lower Thermospheric Winds at Middle Europe and Northern Scandinavia During the Leonid 1999 Meteor Storm	565	(10)
W. Singer
P. Hoffmann
N. J. Mitchell
Ch. Jacobi
VIII. IMPACTS ON THE MOON
Observation and Interpretation of Meteoroid Impact Flashes on the Moon	575	(24)
L. R. Bellot Rubio
J. L. Ortiz
P. V. Sada
Subject Index	599