JD: 00-191 DoW: SUN/MON UTC Date: 09JULY2000

SUMMARY: Clouds Block View of Several MCS

TLE PREDICTION: 0.21 (0.7 x 0.2)

RESULTS: n/a

LESSONS: n/a

PERSONNEL: Lyons, Nelson, Fossum, Nordem, Gerken

STEPS STATUS: STEPS down. Bill B. and Ken E. on hold.

YRFS OPERATION LOGS: Standby. No Operations

Smoke from western slope fires reduced visibility somewhat. Moon illuminated clouds.

STEPS OPERATIONS: STEPS runs.

KEY RESULTS :

Total TLEs from Yucca Ridge This Campaign: 900+

FMA

Red Xybion (A)-Patrol: 0 tapes

Sony TRV900 3CCD: time lapse of late storm

GEN III unit; 0 DV tapes of lightning and 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: used

ELF N-S: not available

ELF E-W: not available

NLDN Live: OK

NLDN Paper: 0 maps

NLDN Archive: 0 saves

MRC Data Acquisition: available

FMA Data Acquisition: not available

Thunder Mic: available

LANL Tracker: OK

Red Xybion (B)-Zoom; 0 tapes (on tracker)

Red Xybion (C)-Tele: 0 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 available

LLTV available

ELF/VLF/PMT available

UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY:

Xybion GEN III (6 deg FOV) available

White or blue

CCD, Medium FOV OH imager available

Gravity waves/sprites

MIT ELF: operational

FUELLEKRUG ELF: operational

ISRAELI ELF: nominal