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S-MODE 04/06/23 Mission Daily Schedule

Here is the S-MODE Plan of the Day for Thursday, April 6 (all times Pacific).
 
Updates:

  • The B200 arrived at Moffett Field today at ~1530. The team is aiming for an 0800 takeoff tomorrow to log their first science flight of the campaign.
  • Weather for the remainder of the week is marginal for a B200 science flight, due to light winds and cloud cover. If the skies lift, MOSES SST data collection is a possibility, even if DopplerScatt data is poor.

 Aircraft schedule:

Eagerly Awaiting the B200

S-MODE 04/05/23 Mission Daily Schedule

Here is the S-MODE Plan of the Day for Wednesday, April 5.
 
Updates:

  • The B200 experienced a landing gear indicator light issue that prevented its transit to Moffett Field.
  • We will have an update on B200 aircraft status by 0830 tomorrow.

 
Wednesday, April 5 (all times Pacific)

Aircraft schedule:

  • Possible morning B200 transit to Moffett Field
  • Possible afternoon science flight (B200 SF#1)

Meeting schedule:

Wave Gliders on the Move

S-MODE 04/04/23 Mission Daily Schedule

Here is the first Plan of the Day for S-MODE IOP-2 field operations!
 
Tuesday, April 4 (all times Pacific)
 
Aircraft schedule:

  • 0930:  B200 departs Edwards AFB
  • ~1100:  B200 arrives at Moffett Field
  • 1215:  Preflight meeting for B200 SF1 
  • ~1400:  B200 SF1 takeoff

 Ship and in situ plan:

Wind work at the air-sea interface: a modeling study in anticipation of future space missions

Torres, H., et al. (2022), Wind work at the air-sea interface: a modeling study in anticipation of future space missions, Geosci. Model. Dev., doi:10.5194/gmd-15-8041-2022.

S-MODE Open Data Workshop

A Month at Sea: Scientists Prepare to Set Sail for NASA's S-MODE Mission

In early October, the research vessel Bold Horizon set sail from Newport, Oregon, and joined a small fleet of planes, drones, and other high-tech craft chasing the ocean’s shapeshifting physics. NASA’s Sub-Mesoscale Ocean Dynamics Experiment (S-MODE) looks at whirlpools, currents, and other dynamics at the air-sea boundary. The goal is to understand how these dynamics drive the give-and-take of nutrients and energy between the ocean and atmosphere and, ultimately, help shape Earth’s climate.
 

Following the Ocean Fronts

Being part of the NASA S-MODE oceanographic mission was a great experience for me. It was only my second oceanographic mission and my first one on a US research vessel. I learned a lot about how to use the different instruments, interpret their data and about the complexity of the ocean.

Surface Waves from the Bold Horizon's Deck During NASA's S-MODE Experiments

Upon leaving the Breton coastlines after my Ph.D., I started a postdoc at the Colorado School of Mines. After one month in the Colorado mountains, I traveled to Newport, Oregon, to board the Bold Horizon for one month of measurements offshore of San-Francisco for the NASA S-MODE (Sub-Mesoscale Ocean Dynamics Experiment) field campaign.

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