The National Severe Storms Laboratory hosted the MCS Electrification and Polarimetric Radar Study (MEaPRS) field project from May 15 through June 15, 1998. The two primary objectives of MEaPRS were 1) to investigate MCS electrification processes, and 2) improve understanding of polarimetric radar measurands. In the MCS electrification component, kinematic and microphysical data collected by a NOAA P-3 aircraft will be combined with balloon-borne electric field meter measurements to refine currently existing conceptual models. Several coinvestigators participated in the mobile ballooning with instruments to record lightning field changes, particle charge, and x-rays. In the polarization radar component, emphasis was placed on collecting high quality microphysical data with which to compare polarimetric measurements by the NSSL Cimarron radar.
 
Direct questions to:
 
• General MEaPRS questions: Dr. Terry Schuur
• Dual Polarization Radar: Dr. Dusan Zrnic
• Mobile Laboratory/Ballooning: Dr. W. David Rust
• NOAA P-3 Aircraft: Dr. Conrad Ziegler
• Field Coordinator: Dr. David Jorgensen
 
Operations Plan:
 
• MEaPRS Operations Plan (HTML format)
• MEaPRS Operations Plan (Adobe Acrobat format)

Operations and Data:

• Data Summary
• Field Data Catalog and Operations Summary

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schuur@nssl.noaa.gov(Operations Plan) meitin@nssl.noaa.gov(Data Catalog)

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