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Malaysia Bright-Streak Analysis 3/7/2014 VIIRS Day/Night Band

Malaysia Bright-Streak Analysis 3/7/2014 VIIRS Day/Night Band. Steve Miller (CSU/CIRA) and William Straka (UW/CIMSS) 14 March 2014. 7 Mar 2014 ~1850 UTC Suomi NPP VIIRS Day/Night Band. Zoom 1. ZOOM 1. Zoom 2. ?. ZOOM 2. (7.22N, 96.27E). No Discernible Thermal Signature…. 96E. 97E.

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Malaysia Bright-Streak Analysis 3/7/2014 VIIRS Day/Night Band

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  1. Malaysia Bright-Streak Analysis3/7/2014VIIRS Day/Night Band Steve Miller (CSU/CIRA) and William Straka (UW/CIMSS) 14 March 2014

  2. 7 Mar 2014 ~1850 UTC Suomi NPP VIIRS Day/Night Band Zoom 1

  3. ZOOM 1 Zoom 2 ?

  4. ZOOM 2 (7.22N, 96.27E)

  5. No Discernible Thermal Signature… 96E 97E 7N

  6. Meteors in DNB Imagery

  7. Summary • The VIIRS DNB observed a bright streak in the Andaman Sea on 7 March 2014 at ~1850Z (8 March ~2:50 AM local Malaysian time), which appears to reside above the cirrus present in the area. • Approximate location: 7.22N, 96.27E, approximately 500 km from last contact at 1:30 AM local. • It is theoretically possible for a commercial aircraft to have flown that ~500 km distance 1 hr 20 min. • There are conflicting reports from the Malaysian military that there was a radar return in the roughly the same region time as the observed streak. • However, there is no correlative thermal signature (in VIIRS 3.74 μm imagery) associated with the streak. • The feature is likely just a meteor, which have been seen numerous times before in DNB nighttime imagery.

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