Meteor Entry Modelling
Research Projects
- Modeling small meteoroid entry to fit lightcurve shapes and deceleration profiles to estimate meteoroid bulk density, constituent grain properties
- DSMC modeling of entry to compare with high temporal and spatial resolution fragmentation behaviour
- Application of entry models to large fireballs/meteorite producing events to constrain initial masses, meteoroid fragmentation strength limits
- Modeling very small meteoroid ablation using radar data to define ionization curves and kinematic behaviour as a means to esimate meteoroid bulk density, constituent grain properties
Research Activities
