S-MODE

Plan of the Day for Friday, April 28:

Updates:

• Both the B200 and G-III flew today. The optical instruments finally got a very clear day, and the winds were cooperating for DopplerScatt!
• Continuing to sample in the same area, a small (submesoscale) section of what we refer to as SWOTland, or within the swath of the SWOT satellite.

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Here is the S-MODE Plan of the Day for Thursday, April 27:

Updates:

• The MASS Twin Otter flew its twelfth and final science flight of the S-MODE IOP-2 campaign. Thank you to Luc L, Luke C, Nick S, Brent, and Vince for your tireless work!!
• The B200 flew today with DopplerScatt, but low clouds prevented MOSES data collection and a G-III flight with PRISM.
• The Sally Ride continued their “W” experiment to measure vertical velocity.

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Here is the S-MODE Plan of the Day for Wednesday, April 26:

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Dr. Brenna Biggs hosted a panel of S-MODE scientists at an Earth Day event at the Chabot Space and Science Center for K-12 students on April 22, 2023.

Here is the Plan of the Day for Tuesday, April 25:

Updates:

• The B200 and Twin Otter flew today with the goal of providing more information on an area with two eddies that are interacting with each other (“Eddy AB”). Eddy AB appears to be moving WSW about 10km per day. Aircraft data will help to confirm this.
• The Sally Ride and the Wave Gliders continue to survey this area. Recent tracks shown in Figure 2.

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Here is the Plan of the Day for Saturday, April 22:

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Here is the S-MODE Plan of the Day for Monday, April 24:

Updates:

• The team is tracking multiple eddies, which all seem to be interacting, and is narrowing the area of interest.

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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.

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