S-MODE 04/20/23 Mission Daily Schedule

Plan of the Day for Thursday, April 20:
 
Updates:

  • All three aircraft surveyed the current target area today.
  • The Sally Ride team redeployed five Lagrangian floats and did some CTD sampling across the eddy in multiple sections.

 Aircraft plan and schedule:

  • All aircraft will continue to collect data over the same target area.
  • NET 1000: G-III SF#5 takeoff
  • 1130: Preflight meeting for B200 SF#13
  • NET 1200: MASS TO SF#8 takeoff
  • NET 1300: B200 SF#13 takeoff

 Ship and in situ plan:

  • The Sally Ride will continue a small-scale survey of the eddy and will start MVP profiling. 
  • The bio team would like to do CTD casts around the Lagrangian floats.

 Aircraft outlook for Friday, April 21 for two sorties:

  • NET 0800: B200 SF#14 takeoff
  • NET 1400: B200 SF#15 takeoff

 Meeting schedule: