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Re: (meteorobs) Cloudy fireball detections!
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From: Lew Gramer
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> Ed Majden asked:
> >Has anyone ever recorded a short duration, (a few second), increase in
> >sky brightness during a period when skies are overcast? A very bright
> >fireball above a cloud layer should create such a phenomenon I would
think!
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> Not sure what you mean by "recorded", Ed
Poor choice of words, Lew! I should have said observed, or noticed.
> What specifically were you interested in finding out about such events?
On the "wet" coast, one or sometimes all of our Sandia All-sky camera
sites are clouded out. One of the functions of this network is to alert
Sandia of a bright fireball event. This would be another way of doing this
even if clouds are present. I would think that the fireball would have to
be a very bright one to produce a noticable effect through a solid cloud
layer. The full moon at -12.7 magnitude or so, is not bright enough to do
this unless the cloud layer is scattered or thin. I expect that a thick
cloud layer would prevent detection even with a very bright fireball.
Ed
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