JD: 00-184 DoW: SAT/SUN UTC Date: 02JULY2000

SUMMARY: Major Sprite Outbreak in South Dakota

TLE PREDICTION: 0.47 (0.7x0.7)

LESSONS: Many sprites repeat rapid fire in same area, why?

PERSONNEL: Nelson, Gerken

STEPS STATUS: STEPS up and then down by 2130Z..

YRFS OPERATION LOGS: Tom solos. Major MCS with many positives in SD. Produces huge number of small dim sprites. Some were apparently occurring at the same place and flashing several times per minute. Mike and Walt at Pingree Park seminar.

STEPS OPERATIONS: STEPS down.

KEY RESULTS : n/a

Total TLEs from Yucca Ridge This Campaign: 861

FMA

Red Xybion (A)-Patrol: 2 tapes

Sony TRV900 3CCD: GPS time left off first of S-VHS tapes (ist hour)

GEN III unit; 2 DVs of sprites

JVC KY-19: shoot daytime TL/STEPS Cam (to ESE);

Pulnix CCD: shoot various TL scenes

Photodiode: available

Winckler PMT: available

GPS: OK

WWV Source: OK

VLF Inspire: available

ELF N-S: not available

ELF E-W: not available

NLDN Live: OK

NLDN Paper: 3 maps

NLDN Archive: 2 saves

MRC Data Acquisition: few VLF samples, noisy

FMA Data Acquisition: not available

Thunder Mic: available

LANL Tracker: OK

Red Xybion (B)-Zoom; 2 tapes (on tracker)

Red Xybion (C)-Tele: 2 tapes-on tracker

Blue Xybion(D)-zoom: 0 tapes - problems with focus

Mountain Cam: nominal

STEPS Cam: nominal

Shure Mic: OK

NEXRAD Archive: Revised EDIS

GOES Archive: OK

RUC2 Archive: OK

STANFORD/STAR LAB:

Telescope avail

LLTV avail

ELF/VLF avail

UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY:

Xybion GEN III (6 deg FOV) available-not used

White or blue

CCD, Medium FOVOH imager available-not used

Gravity waves/sprites

MIT ELF: operational

FUELLEKRUG ELF: operational

ISRAELI ELF: nominal