JD: 00-202 DoW: WED/THU UTC Date: 20JULY2000

SUMMARY: Hi +CG Storms in LMA, Lightning, GAI, Clouds Block Sprites

TLE PREDICTION: 0.32 (0.8x0.4)

RESULTS: n/a, clouds block view, good CG shots for GAI

LESSONS: Two storms

PERSONNEL: Nelson, Fossum, Nordem

STEPS STATUS: STEPS over. CHILL still runs.

YRFS OPERATION LOGS: Limited operations. Lyons in Boulder. High positive rate storms go through LMA. Upslope and local storms block view of sprites.

STEPS OPERATIONS: LMA runs

KEY RESULTS : Great Lightning Shots /GAI

Total TLEs from Yucca Ridge This Campaign: 1100+

FMA

Red Xybion (A)-Patrol: 1 tapes

Sony TRV900 3CCD: time lapse of late storm ;

GEN III unit; 2DV tapes; TL of clouds; 1S-VHS

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

Pulnix CCD: shoot various TL scenes;

Photodiode: available-moon too bright

Winckler PMT: available-moon too bright

GPS: OK

WWV Source: OK

VLF Inspire: no samples?

ELF N-S: not available

ELF E-W: not available

NLDN Live: OK

NLDN Paper: 5 maps

NLDN Archive: 2? saves

MRC Data Acquisition: samples?

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 gone

LLTV gone

ELF/VLF/PMT gone

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