S-MODE 10/28/22 Mission Daily Schedule

Friday, October 28

Aircraft schedule:

  • No science - all aircraft in transit back to home base

Ship and in situ plan:

  • Bold Horizon
    • Recover floats
    • Survey as possible
    • Exit the frontal area to recover gliders - CTD cast(s) to 500m upon arrival near gliders before pick up.
  • Wave Gliders continue surveying eastward

Updates:

  • No more control center or operator meetings!
  • All three aircraft flew a final science flight of the campaign over a still evolving frontal feature. The B200 has now flown 18 flights, the Otter has flown 13, and the G-III has flown 8.
  • The Lagrangian floats are completing their “W Experiment” and have captured good vertical velocity data– early results show a favorable comparison of this proven method (Lagranigian floats) to DopplerScatt estimates of vertical velocity .
  • Bold Horizon has continued surveying the front.
  • Wave Gliders will hold their formation for a few more days before moving east to follow the front.
  • Go to https://smode.whoi.edu/smode_netlink.kml for a Google Earth view of the real time autonomous platform positions.

 

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