[meteorite-list] PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF CHONDRITES -STUDYING METEORITE FALLS USING. DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR

From: Fries, Marc D <Marc.D.Fries_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:36:10 -0800
Message-ID: <C7AB221A.103D6%Marc.D.Fries_at_jpl.nasa.gov>

Howdy

   I'm glad y'all are enjoying the abstract. I've been looking forward to
that one, and I'm actually working on the poster to go with it as I sit
here. I'll add another one to Rob's list - Portales Valley shows up in data
from multiple radars, although they are all at extended range and short on
detail.
   I'm glad to see the run-down of y'all's contributions to this stuff as
well. Rob didn't mention it but he's the one who first noticed the Park
Forest radar detection, and I'm glad to see this sort of "stone soup" effort
overall. The more meteorites we can get in out of the rain, the better.

Cheers,
Marc Fries


On 2/24/10 5:21 PM, "Matson, Robert D." <ROBERT.D.MATSON at saic.com> wrote:

> Hi Robert,
>
>> It seems certain that the use of radar in future falls?(and perhaps
>> old ones as well?? ) will continue to prove useful.
>
> Yes, indeed -- a very powerful new tool in our meteorite-chasing toolbox.
> In just one year, Doppler radar has led to (or augmented) the successful
> recovery of two falls: Ash Creek and Grimsby. While not all recovered
> U.S. falls in the last 15 years have produced clear Doppler returns,
> quite a few have, including:
>
> Lorton, VA - 1/18/2010
> Grimsby, Ontario, Canada - 9/25/2009
> Ash Creek, TX - 2/15/2009
> Park Forest, IL - 3/27/2003
> Elbert, CO - 1/11/1998
>
> (There are at least 2 or 3 others, but my notes are at home for them.)
>
> --Rob
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