AIRBORNE FIELD MILL PROJECT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
SYNTHESIS FOR JUNE 25, 2000 - ABFM

Flight Summary (Anvil Day)
Case 1 (Times: 1710 - 1728)

Type of case	single cell
Complexity	simple
Convection	yes
Electric field   kV/m	Min Em_m = 0.054 Max Em_m = 0.282 Mean Em_m = 0.083
Microphysics   #/Liter	Max CON_FSSP = 3985.720 Mean CON_FSSP = 167.564 Max Tot_con_1DC = 164.263 Mean Tot_con_1DC = 7.628 Max Tot_con_2DC = 203.875 Mean Tot_con_2DC = 9.068 Max 2DC_100_400 = 104.332 Mean 2DC_100_400 = 4.764 Max 2DC_400_1000 = 3.581 Mean 2DC_400_1000 = 0.201 Max 2DC_GT_1000 = 0.096 Mean 2DC_GT_1000 = 0.003
Location	(x,y) ~ (-10,30)
Storm Motion	No discernable motion during the flight times.
Brief Description	Just a simple, little cell without much lightning activity.

Case 2 (Times: 1728 - 1811)

Type of case	anvil
Complexity	moderate
Convection	yes, about 30 km away
Electric field   kV/m	Min Em_m = 0.046 Max Em_m = 3.091 Mean Em_m = 0.690
Microphysics   #/Liter	Max CON_FSSP = 20456.324 Mean CON_FSSP = 228.889 Max Tot_con_1DC = 4.344 Mean Tot_con_1DC = 0.086 Max Tot_con_2DC = 21.154 Mean Tot_con_2DC = 0.174 Max 2DC_100_400 = 4.008 Mean 2DC_100_400 = 0.054 Max 2DC_400_1000 = 0.613 Mean 2DC_400_1000 = 0.009 Max 2DC_GT_1000 = 0.214 Mean 2DC_GT_1000 = 0.001
Location	(x,y) ~ (30,-50)
Storm Motion	No discernable motion during the flight times.
Brief Description	Anvil blowing off the the northeast.

Flight from 1705 to 1816 terminated early because of a cabin pressure problem.

SYNTHESIS FOR JUNE 25, 2000 - ABFM

Investigator: None
[Not presented at a teleconference.]

The following summary is from the notes that Jim Dye and Eric Defer put together. Probably early in 2001 (before the May/June 2001 Field Campaign).

 

 

E fields reported in the summaries below are based on the old matrix for determination of the three components of the field. The new matrix provided in April 2001 reduces the negative values of Ez as much as 40 to 60%. So the values reported herein may be too large. Positions are reported herein as (X,Y) coordinates relative to the WSR74-C radar.

Th total concentrations of particles measured by the 2D-C probe are denoted as N30 (ie. concentration of particles >30 microns which is heavily weighted towards smaller particles). N1 refers to the concentration of particles >1mm size, ie. the larger particles. Radar plots were available for only a few of the last summaries we prepared (June 4, 6, and 11). For other days some of the realtime radar plots were utilized but need to be verified.

 

June 25

Flight from 1705 to 1816 terminated early because of cabin pressure problem.