[S-MODE] Science Report for May 7 and Field Update

[Czech, Erin P. (ARC-SGG)]

Hello everyone,

After a very successful day of science on Friday (see photos below and attached report from Ernesto Rodriguez), we start this week unfortunately with suboptimal experimental conditions. The ONR Task Force Ocean (TFO) site to be sampled today by DopplerScatt, MOSES, MASS, Scripps wave gliders and other in situ platforms has an appreciable amount of cloud cover as well as relatively low surface winds. Both the AFRC B200 and TOI Twin Otter are on standby for takeoff no earlier than 1300L and the team expects an update on the conditions at the TFO site around 1130L.

Stay tuned on Slack for real time updates. If not a member, please join at https://join.slack.com/t/s-mode/shared_invite/zt-pzel2fau-OhncmLbgfVGQ9EsPMCPzYQ.

Best, Erin

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Pilots Jim Less (NASA AFRC) and Mike Stewart (NASA ARC) and instrument investigators Jeroen Molemaker (UCLA) and Federica Polverari (JPL) before takeoff of RF4 on May 7, 2021. (Photo J. Piotrowski, AFRC)

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Flight pattern for the AFRC B200 (NASA 801) with in situ assets (left) from RF4 on May 7, 2021. Overview of TOI Twin Otter carrying MASS instrument (inset and right).

Erin Czech
Project Manager, Earth Science Project Office
NASA Ames Research Center
Mobile: +1 650 499 6406
erin.czech at nasa.gov
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