From: Sigrid Close, ALTAIR 
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 1999 16:54:35 +1200


As predicted, the peak of the storm occurred near 02:00 GMT on November
18th, which was 2PM at Kwajalein and also after Leo had set below our
horizon. We collected simultaneous radar/optics meteor data approximately
9 hours before this peak, but unfortunately the count was low relative to
predicted storm conditions (ALTAIR detected approximately 15 head echoes
per minute).  Also unfortunate was the dense cloud cover for the duration
of the evening.  We believe we did collect at least two meteors
simultaneously at VHF, UHF, and with the ISIT and the IR camera.  ALTAIR
collected over 36 Gigabytes of data; many head echoes were seen
simultaneously at VHF and UHF.


The next portion of the meteor experiment will be to collect simultaneous
ALTAIR/Optics data on sporadic meteors.