This study aimed to develop software to determine the spatial coverage of the AllSky7 Fireball Network. Therefore, an approach was found to determine the coverage of individual cameras and then create a coverage profile for the entire network. To discretize the area over Europe a grid was created ranging from−20° to 37° in longitude and from 27° to 67° in latitude. At an observation altitude of 100 km, the network covers 25.23 % of the used grid and 0.93 % of the world under ideal conditions. Then a model for the brightness reduction due to light extinction by the atmosphere and the increasing distance at low elevation angles was introduced. The coverage was adjusted by a limiting angle for each camera depending on the station’s altitude and a specified magnitude at the zenith. The resulting coverage of the grid is 19.4 % and 0.72 % of the world. Considering different meteor levels, the covered area decreases by 23.87 % at an observing altitude of 80 km in comparison to the reference altitude of 100 km. At an observing height of 120 km, the coverage area increases by 28.08 %. The results showed that the spatial coverage over central Europe, especially Germany, is quite good for an altitude of about 100 km. In contrast, the coverage in Europe’s north and east is insufficient.
«This study aimed to develop software to determine the spatial coverage of the AllSky7 Fireball Network. Therefore, an approach was found to determine the coverage of individual cameras and then create a coverage profile for the entire network. To discretize the area over Europe a grid was created ranging from−20° to 37° in longitude and from 27° to 67° in latitude. At an observation altitude of 100 km, the network covers 25.23 % of the used grid and 0.93 % of the world under ideal conditions. Th...
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