S-MODE 04/23/23 Mission Daily Schedule

Plan of the Day for Sunday, April 23:
 
Updates:

  • The B200 and MASS TO flew today.
  • The team would like to split some of the assets and investigate another eddy, labeled B in figure 1.

Aircraft plan and schedule:

  • All aircraft taking a hard down day
    • Outlook for Monday, April 24:
      • §  NET 1030: G-III SF#7 takeoff
      • §  1130: Preflight meeting for B200 SF#17
      • §  NET 1200: MASS TO SF#10 takeoff
      • §  NET 1300: B200 SF #17 takeoff

 Ship and in situ plan:

  • The Sally Ride will skip this evening’s CTD cast, and will start moving east to another eddy about fourteen nautical miles away. The team plans to deploy some drifters, do an ADCP survey, and possibly deploy a float.
  • Some of the Wave Gliders will also travel east to measure vertical velocity of the eastern eddy. 

Meeting schedule: