Daily Schedule

Friday, October 14

Aircraft schedule:

  • 0900:  G-III and PRISM teams arrive at hangar
  • 1130:  PRISM G-III team final Go/No-Go
  • 1200:  PRISM SF2 takeoff (weather permitting)
  • 1200:  Preflight briefing for B200 SF7
  • 1300-1400:  B200 SF7 and Twin Otter SF1 takeoff (weather permitting)

Ship and in situ plan:

  • Ship surveys of the front, bio-team underway sampling during MASS/PRISM in afternoon, Lagrangian float tracking, CTD casts on either side of front (Mara decide w Andrey).
  • Wave Gliders and Saildrones repeat frontal patterns

Science team meeting schedule:

Updates:
  • The B200 completed its sixth science flight of the campaign today, but the weather remains uncooperative for MASS, MOSES, and PRISM.
  • The Bold Horizon, gliders, and Saildrones are all surveying the operations region to try to better define the position and characteristics of the frontal areas.
  • Lagrangian floats have been retrieved by the ship and will be redeployed today.
  • NOTE: The S-MODE data center may be down on Saturday for WHOI improvements.
  • Go to https://smode.whoi.edu/smode_netlink.kml for a Google Earth view of the real time autonomous platform positions.
  • Autonomous platform planned tracks are now incorporated into Google Earth in the KML share folder of the S-MODE Drive

Thursday, October 13

Aircraft schedule:

  • 0730:  Go/No-go for G-III SF2
  • 0900:  Preflight briefing for G-III SF2 (pending go/no-go decision)
  • 1100:  PRISM SF2 takeoff (weather permitting)
  • 1100:  Preflight briefing for B200 SF6
  • 1200:  B200 SF6 and Twin Otter SF1 takeoff (weather permitting)

Ship and in situ plan:

  • Ship surveys to characterize submesoscale front
  • Float recoveries and redeployment
  • Wave Gliders and Saildrones repeat frontal patterns

Science team meeting schedule:

Updates:
  • The Bold Horizon pulled into port briefly in San Francisco at ~0730 and departed at noon. The ship will be back in the ops area tonight where they will begin surveying to relocate the submesocale front, recover the Lagragian floats after a successful calibration run, and redeploy the floats on the dense side of the submesoscale front.
  • We are also very happy to report that the science party member who had to exit the research cruise has received medical treatment and is now recovering at a hotel before returning home.
  • The B200 completed its fifth science flight of the campaign today. As demonstrated in the Pilot and now continuing in IOP-1, the DopplerScatt data processing team, led by Ernesto Rodriguez and Alex Wineteer, are producing surface velocity maps of the ops area that are being used by the broader science team to target features of interest for the ship and autonomous vehicles.
  • The B200 and the Twin Otter are planning coordinated intercomparison flights tomorrow that are scheduled to depart midday as weather permits.
  • Go to https://smode.whoi.edu/smode_netlink.kml for a Google Earth view of the real time autonomous platform positions.
  • Autonomous platform planned tracks are now incorporated into Google Earth in the KML share folder of the S-MODE Drive

Wednesday, October 12

Aircraft schedule:

  • ~1200:  Twin Otter SF1 takeoff (weather permitting)
  • 1200:  Preflight briefing for B200
  • 1300:  B200 SF5 takeoff

Science team meeting schedule:

Updates:
  • The B200 completed two science flights today, while the G-III flew its first of the campaign. However, a blanket of clouds persisted in the ops area throughout the day, which hindered data collections for MOSES and PRISM.
  • The Bold Horizon is heading into port in San Francisco today due to a medical emergency. The affected member of the science party will be taken to urgent care on arrival tomorrow morning and accommodations will be made to ensure they make it back home safely.
  • Go to https://smode.whoi.edu/smode_netlink.kml for a Google Earth view of the real time autonomous platform positions.
  • Autonomous platform planned tracks are now incorporated into Google Earth in the KML share folder of the S-MODE Drive

Tuesday, October 11

Aircraft schedule:

  • 0700:  Preflight briefing for B200 and G-III
  • 0800:  B200 SF3 takeoff
  • ~1000:  G-III SF1 takeoff (conditions permitting)
  • ~1200:  Twin Otter SF1 takeoff (conditions permitting)
  • ~1300:  B200 SF4 takeoff (conditions permitting)

Ship and in situ plan:

  • Coordinated ship surveys with aircraft
  • Float recoveries and redeployment
  • Ship surveys near floats
  • Wave Gliders and Saildrones repeat frontal patterns

Science team meeting schedule:

Wednesday, October 12

  • DopplerScatt flight
  • Continue other patterns
Updates:
  • The B200/DopplerScatt flew their second science flight of the campaign today.
  • The Bold Horizon team deployed surface drifters, deployed and calibrated Lagrangian Floats, and began surveying the ops area.
  • Go to https://smode.whoi.edu/smode_netlink.kml for a Google Earth view of the real time autonomous platform positions.
  • Autonomous platform planned tracks are now incorporated into Google Earth in the KML share folder of the S-MODE Drive

Monday, October 10

Tuesday, October 11

Updates:
  • Conditions for remote sensing data collection are still looking very good for Tuesday. Morning and afternoon flights are being planned for all three aircraft.
  • The Bold Horizon (BH) arrived in the ops area and the science party are retrieving/deploying gliders and beginning science operations.
  • The G-III arrived at Moffett Field today at approximately 1230.
  • Go to https://smode.whoi.edu/smode_netlink.kml for a Google Earth view of the real time autonomous platform positions.
  • Autonomous platform planned tracks are now incorporated into Google Earth in the KML share folder of the S-MODE Drive

October 9

October 10

Updates:
  • The B200 took off for its first flight today, but surface winds were below the limit of detection for DopplerScatt and the flight was called back. The next DopplerScatt flight is now scheduled for Monday.
  • The Bold Horizon (BH) is on schedule to arrive at the ops area tomorrow. The science party plans to retrieve a malfunctioning Seaglider (SG180), deploy a replacement Seaglider (SG248) and Wave Glider (WHOI-ASL22), and do a calibration CTD cast (time permitting).
  • WHOI-ASL32 will head northeast from its current position to fill in a gap in the surface density map of the ops area.
  • Go to https://smode.whoi.edu/smode_netlink.kml for a Google Earth view of the real time autonomous platform positions.
  • Autonomous platform planned tracks are now incorporated into Google Earth in the KML share folder of the S-MODE Drive

October 8

October 9

Updates:
  • M/V Bold Horizon departed from Newport at ~1330 and she is now en route to the operations area. Estimated arrival to the ops area is late Sunday with science ops likely starting Monday.
  • Mission science has begun receiving real time data from Saildrones, which came online today.
  • The B200 is on track to conduct its first science flight of S-MODE IOP-1 tomorrow, while the Twin Otter and G-III will fly science no earlier than Tuesday.
  • Go to https://smode.whoi.edu/smode_netlink.kml for a Google Earth view of the real time autonomous platform positions.
  • Autonomous platform planned tracks are now incorporated into Google Earth in the KML share folder of the S-MODE Drive

S-MODE Plan of the Day for Friday, October 7 (all times Pacific):

October 7

October 8

S-MODE Plan of the Day for Thursday, October 6 (all times Pacific):

Updates:

  • The Bold Horizon’s departure has been moved to Friday morning as a full work day is expected tomorrow to complete preparations for the cruise. The ADCP/Trackpoint was fully installed in the moon pool today and is ready to go. Good progress was made on the CTD/Rosette work.
  • The Twin Otter/Scripps team has arrived in Watsonville, CA and the aircraft is ready to go.
  • Saildrones are coming online Friday. Two are sailing into the operations area from the north, and two are sailing in from the east.
  • Scripps/WHOI Wave Gliders are surveying in the north and northwest of the operations area, while the UW Seagliders are moving eastward in anticipation of a new target.
  • Go to https://smode.whoi.edu/smode_netlink.kml for a Google Earth view of real time autonomous platform positions.
  • Autonomous platform planned tracks are now incorporated into Google Earth in the KML share folder of the S-MODE Drive

October 6

October 7

October 5

October 6

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