JD: 00-154                             DoW:  THUR/FRI                 UTC
Date:  02JUNE2000       

SUMMARY:                                        No Targets within Range

TLE PREDICTION:                     [ 0.05] 0.1 X 0.5 
RESULTS:                                        n/a     
LESSONS:                                      Smoke Influenced Squall Line
PERSONNEL:                                Lyons, Nelson, Fossum, Nordem,
Gerken,

STEPS  STATUS:                           STEPS Media Day. No operations

YRFS OPERATION LOGS:        Squall line from NM to Ohio too far away to be
monitored.
A lot of smoke from forest fires also reduced viewing range.

STEPS OPERATIONS:                No operations
                                
KEY RESULTS :                   Positive rate on squall line storms is down. Why?


Total TLEs from Yucca Ridge This Campaign:            153
                                
EQUIPMENT:
FMA             
Red Xybion (A)-Patrol:                   0 tapes
Sony TRV900 3CCD:                      in Goodland
JVC KY-19:                                     shoot daytime TL/STEPS Cam
(to ESE);
Pulnix CCD:                                     shoot various TL scenes         
Photodiode:                                      lens mated to original
unit,  still problmes
Winckler PMT:                                available
GPS:                                                 OK         
WWV Source:                                  OK
VLF Inspire:                                     OK             
ELF N-S:                                          not available                         
ELF E-W:                                         not available          
NLDN Live:                                     OK       
NLDN Paper:                                   0 maps    
NLDN Archive:                               1 saves
MRC Data Acquisition:                    working on new trigger
FMA Data Acquisition:                    not available          
Thunder Mic:                                    available
LANL Tracker:                                 OK                        
Red  Xybion (B)-Zoom;                   0 tapes
Red Xybion (C)-Tele:                       0 tapes
Blue Xybion(D)-zoom:                     0 tapes
Mountain Cam:                                 nominal
STEPS Cam:                                     nominal
Shure Mic:                                        OK
NEXRAD Archive:                          OK-revised scrips
GOES Archive:                                OK-revised scrips
RUC2 Archive:                                OK                 
                
STANFORD/STAR LAB:
Telescope                                          OK
LLTV                                                OK
ELF/VLF                                          OK

UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY:        not present               
                                
MIT ELF:                                         problems with vertical
antenna, Vadim working on problem
FUELLEKRUG ELF:                      operational
ISRAELI ELF:                                 nominal    






Walter A. Lyons, Ph.D., CCM             walyons@frii.com
FMA Research, Inc.                      www.FMA-Research.com
Yucca Ridge Field Station               970-568-7664 (voice)
46050 Weld County Road 13               970-482-8627 (fax)
Fort COllins, CO 80524                  970-690-0422 (PCS)