[S-MODE] [EXTERNAL] S-MODE pilot campaign!

[J. Tom Farrar]

Dear all,


I wanted to send a quick note to congratulate everyone on a successful 
pilot campaign.   Earlier this week, I was asked how the S-MODE campaign 
went, and I said, "It went perfectly!"

The truth is that the campaign didn't go perfectly at all, but the team 
and the plan were clever enough to pull it off anyway.  It went better 
than we imagined it could, especially in the face of the challenges 
(global pandemic, "double-bomb" cyclone, historic atmospheric river 
events, extreme waves, mechanical problems, etc.).  The aircraft, 
shipboard, uncrewed-vehicle, and control-center teams worked hard to 
conduct a campaign that is different than the ones we've done before.

We collected a data set that will stimulate new insights by the science 
team and the larger oceanographic community.  We also worked out a way 
of operating that will serve us well in the Intensive Operating Periods 
coming up in October 2022 and April 2023, when we will really have the 
full complement of measurements.  The data set, with the "velocity 
extravaganza" of the last few days of the campaign when all velocity 
measuring platforms were collecting good data in the same small region, 
will also help us make progress on our more challenging science goals in 
the IOPs.

A more detailed list of the team's achievements during the pilot 
campaign is attached, along with a compilation of the three 
science-highlight reports Erin Czech sent to NASA Headquarters during 
the campaign.  I am excited to see what new things the team will learn, 
and what we can do in the larger IOP campaigns!


Thank you,
Tom

J. Thomas Farrar
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Department of Physical Oceanography
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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