Thursday, October 27
Aircraft schedule:
- 1030: G-III SF8 takeoff
- 1030-1130: Twin Otter SF12 takeoff
- NET 1100: B200 SF18 takeoff
Ship and in situ plan:
- Bold Horizon - Radiometer and W experiment
- CTDs after midnight with EcoCTD
- Second day of W experiment plane/float comparisons mostly in the afternoon
- Continue surveys of evolving meanders
- Bio-team sampling during PRISM and MASS overflights
- Wave Gliders continue formation for now but will assist in survey in coming days.
- Saildrone data stream stops at 8AM.
Science team meeting schedule:
- 1030: ASV/Ship Ops Meeting - https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/96964625447
- 1430: Control Center Meeting - https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/99445053968
Updates:
- The frontal feature that have been the centerpiece of the experiment over the past several days continues evolving, and the evolution is being captured by all S-MODE science platforms. The satellite image of SST above shows the frontal area overlaid with DopplerScatt current streamlines from this morning’s B200 flight. Lagrangian floats, Wave Gliders, and Saildrones can also be seen.
- All three aircraft flew on a beautiful day today, with both the B200 and Twin Otter completing two flights each, and the G-III completing a full afternoon collection. The B200 has now flown 17 flights, the Otter has flown 12, and the G-III has flown 7.
- The Lagrangian floats were deployed and have begun a “W Experiment” to measure vertical velocity.
- Bold Horizon performed a cross survey of dense water near the floats and will conduct radiometry measurements until midnight.
- Saildrones have spread out and are headed east for their final day
- Go to https://smode.whoi.edu/smode_netlink.kml for a Google Earth view of the real time autonomous platform positions.