2008 Meteoroid Environment Workshop

27-May
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09:00     Welcome  09:15     Overview of Meteor(oid) Observations: Strengths and Weaknesses  09:45     Observing Meteors in the Atmosphere  10:45     Pegasus Satellites Contributions to the Understanding of the Near-Earth Meteoroid Environment  11:15     Current Problems of Meteoroid & Debris Environment Models and Related Studies at JAXA	John Lyver, NASA HQ, OSMA Bill Cooke, MEO Margaret Campbell-Brown, University of Western Ontario Bob Naumann, University of Alabama in Huntsville Yukihito Kitazawa, JAXA Inst. of Space & Astronautical Science
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11:45     Lunch
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13:00     LDEF Comparison to Models (tentative title) 13:30     Dynamical Model of the Sporadic Meteoroid Complex 14:00     The Asteroidal Contribution to the Zodiacal Cloud as Constrained Through Dynamical Models and Infrared Observations	Mark Matney, Orbital Debris Program Office Paul Weigert, University of Western Ontario Ashley Espy, University of Florida
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14:30     Break
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14:45     Prospective on the Ephemeris of Meteoroid Streams and the Forecasting of Meteor Showers 15:15     Observing Prospects for the 2011 Draconid Meteor Shower 15:30     Modern Fireball Observations 16:00     The Relationship between Photometric and Infrasonic Mass 16:30     Discussion 17:30     Adjourn 18:30     Informal Dinner/Get-together at Greenbrier Restaurant	Jeremie Vaubaillon, California Institute of Technology Danielle Moser, MEO/Stanley Peter Brown, University of Western Ontario Doug ReVelle, Los Alamos National Laboratory All
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28-May
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09:00     The IMO Visual Meteor Database and Virtual Meteor Observatory  09:45     Meteoroid Fluxes 10:15     Sporadic Source Characterization from Single Station Video Records 10:45     Meteor44 Video Meteor Photometry 11:15     Development of an Automated Electro-Optical Meteor Observatory	Rainer Arlt, IMO/Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam Margaret Campbell-Brown, University of Western Ontario Peter Gural, SAIC Wes Swift, MEO/Raytheon Rob Weryk, University of Western Ontario
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11:45     Lunch
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13:00     Meteoroid Density Determination using Data Collected at ALTAIR in 2007 13:30     A Comprehensive Model for Small Meteoroid Burnup 14:00     Meteoroid Velocity Distribution as Measured by Transverse Scattering Radar	Sigrid Close, Los Alamos National Laboratory Pat Colestock, Los Alamos National Laboratory Peter Brown, University of Western Ontario
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14:30     Break
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14:45     Some Recent Highlights from the IRF Meteor Observation Programme and the EISCAT_3D Radar System 15:15     The NASA Lunar Impact Monitoring Program 16:00     Technology, Trials, Tribulations, and a Tally for Lunar Impacts 16:20     Discussion 17:30     Adjourn	Gudmund Wannberg, Swedish Institute of Space Physics Rob Suggs, MEO George Varros, InDyne, Inc. All
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29-May
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09:00     Group discussion – biases in meteor observations and proper utilization of such in models 11:00     Adjourn	All