JD: 00-192 DoW: SAT/SUN UTC Date: 10JULY2000
SUMMARY: Local Clouds BlcokTargets; Lightning in LMA
TLE PREDICTION: 0.42 (0.6 x 0.7)
RESULTS: n/a,
LESSONS:
PERSONNEL: Lyons, Nelson, Fossum, Nordem, Gerken
STEPS STATUS: STEPS down. Bill B. and Ken E. leave?
YRFS OPERATION LOGS: On standby. No ops. Did shoot some local lighting video of nearby CGs and spiders before clouds and showers socked us in.
Visibility quite good. Moon illuminated clouds.
STEPS OPERATIONS: STEPS runs.
KEY RESULTS :
Total TLEs from Yucca Ridge This Campaign: 900+
EQUIPMENT:
FMA
Red Xybion (A)-Patrol: 1/2 tapes
Sony TRV900 3CCD: time lapse of late storm
GEN III unit; 1 DV tapes of lightning
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: 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