2001 Leonids -
Mitros System Observations
2001 Leonids -
Mitros System Observations
| Observing Site:
Calgary, Alberta/Canada at 51 N, 114 W, 1200 meters Time Zone: UT-7 (Mountain Standard) Method: Forward scatter FM (KUDL, 98.1 MHz), 1800 km Display: Scattered power sampled at 400 samples/second |
The first image was prepared in February, 2003, utilizing an experimental MITROS plug-in producing the Scattered Power Index (this is not the same as an event count but the curve correlates well with the count). The first and last peaks agree closely with IMO and other predictions. The center peak at about 1430h represents events found in record E24. The curve is unadjusted for enhanced scatter arising from particles too small to register as individual events.
Following is the entire event log covering the same peak activity hours as above. The file used to produce this image contains more than 20,000,000 instrument readings.
Remaining images present expanded detail of the most intense activity on Nov 18, 2001 UT. This was a spectacular meteor shower - probably the most intense likely to be observed or to have been observed in the current century or the last. Many over-dense events are evident even on this compressed scale necessary for convenient viewing.
The graph title in each case indicates when the record began, in Universal date and time.
