Leonid Storm Research (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780792367383)

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.

Author: Peter Jenniskens
ISBN-10: 0792367383
ISBN-13: 9780792367383
Publisher: Springer
Language: English
Published: 11/30/2000
Pages: 606
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.29lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.31d