Leonid Storm Research

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
The 1999 Leonid Multi-Instrument Aircraft Campaign — An Early Review....Pages 1-26
USAF Perspectives on Leonid Threat and Data Gathering Campaigns....Pages 27-38
The ESOC “Meteor Alert Center” (MALC) and Its Application during the 1999 Leonid Shower....Pages 39-46
Coordinated Observations of Leonids in Israel....Pages 47-56
Meteors: A Delivery Mechanism of Organic Matter to the Early Earth....Pages 57-70
Search for Organic Matter in Leonid Meteoroids....Pages 71-80
Observations of Leonid Meteors Using a Mid-Wave Infrared Imaging Spectrograph....Pages 81-92
Computation of Atmospheric Entry Flow about a Leonid Meteoroid....Pages 93-108
Screening of Meteoroids by Ablation Vapor in High-Velocity Meteors....Pages 109-128
Search for Extraterrestrial Origin of Atmospheric Trace Molecules — Radio Sub-Mm Observations during the Leonids....Pages 129-140
Organic Matter in Dust of Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner and the Draconid Meteoroids....Pages 141-148
Predicting the Strength of Leonid Outbursts....Pages 149-166
Global Ground-Based Electro-Optical and Radar Observations of the 1999 Leonid Shower: First Results....Pages 167-190
Lorentz Shaped Comet Dust Trail Cross Section from New Hybrid Visual and Video Meteor Counting Technique — Implications for Future Leonid Storm Encounters....Pages 191-208
Comparing Meteor Number Fluxes from Ground-Based and Airplane-Based Video Observations....Pages 209-220
Leonid Storm Flux Analysis from One Leonid Mac Video AL50R....Pages 221-247
The Leonid Meteors and Space Shuttle Risk Assessment....Pages 249-256
Visual Observations of the 1998 and 1999 Leonids in Israel....Pages 257-263
Observations of the Leonid Meteoroid Stream by a Multistation FS Radio System....Pages 265-276
Precise Trajectories and Orbits of Meteoroids from the 1999 Leonid Meteor Storm....Pages 277-284
Photographic Leonids 1998 Observed at Modra Observatory....Pages 285-294
Temporal Variation in the Orbital Element Distribution of the 1998 Leonid Outburst....Pages 295-304
1997 Leonid Shower from Space....Pages 305-312
From Comets to Meteors....Pages 313-324
Collected Extraterrestrial Materials: Constraints on Meteor and Fireball Compositions....Pages 325-350
Comparison of 1998 and 1999 Leonid Light Curve Morphology and Meteoroid Structure....Pages 351-367
First Results of High-Definition TV Spectroscopic Observations of the 1999 Leonid Meteor Shower....Pages 369-377
Jet-Like Structures and Wake in Mg I (518 nm) Images of 1999 Leonid Storm Meteors....Pages 379-389
Ground-Based Leonid Imaging in the UV....Pages 391-398
Time Resolved Spectroscopy of a Leonid Fireball Afterglow....Pages 399-428
FeO “Orange Arc” Emission Detected in Optical Spectrum of Leonid Persistent Train....Pages 429-438
Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy of Persistent Leonid Trains....Pages 439-456
Buoyancy of the “Y2K” Persistent Train and the Trajectory of the 04:00:29 UT Leonid Fireball....Pages 457-470
The Dynamical Evolution of a Tubular Leonid Persistent Train....Pages 471-488
Dust Particles in the Atmosphere during the Leonid Meteor Showers of 1998 and 1999....Pages 489-504
Recognizing Leonid Meteoroids among the Collected Stratospheric Dust....Pages 505-524
Preliminary Data on Variations of OH Airglow during the Leonid 1999 Meteor Storm....Pages 525-534
Airglow and Meteor Rates over Israel during the 1999 Leonid Shower....Pages 535-543
ELF/VLF Radiation Produced by the 1999 Leonid Meteors....Pages 545-554
Note on the Reaction of the Upper Atmosphere Potassium Layer to the 1999 Leonid Meteor Storm....Pages 555-564
Mesospheric and Lower Thermospheric Winds at Middle Europe and Northern Scandinavia during the Leonid 1999 Meteor Storm....Pages 565-574
Observation and Interpretation of Meteoroid Impact Flashes on the Moon....Pages 575-598
Back Matter....Pages 599-606