(meteorobs) Statistical significance of the Taurid fireball enhancement 2008

[Daniel Fischer]

Numerous reports on astronomy websites and even mainstream media
have claimed in recent days that the number of Taurids seen this
year is higher than "usual". While www.imo.net has ZHR profiles
for both Taurid streams and all the individual observers' reports,
I haven't seen an "obvious" graphical representation of the
average brightness distribution, esp. compared to other years.
Or an analysis concluding by how much the distribution is different.
Thus the level of confirmation of the "swarm year" hypothesis is
not clear to me.

Daniel