ACE-1 R/V SOUTHERN SURVEYOR STATUS FORM 

DATE/TIME (e.g 95111922):                                                   


LOCATION PRESENT:   LATITUDE:   41 59.47S LONGITUDE:  139 58.23E
LOCATION -6 HOURS:  LATITUDE:   41 59.82S LONGITUDE:  140 00.71E
LOCATION -12 HOURS: LATITUDE:   41 34.33S LONGITUDE:  141 30.38E
LOCATION -18 HOURS: LATITUDE:   41 23.88S LONGITUDE:  142 07.50E
       

PRESENT WEATHER: 9 knot SE wind, pressure 1022.3 cloud 8/8
SEA STATE:  slight 0.5m sea on a low 1 m easterly swell


INSTRUMENTS/SYSTEMS          STATUS       
 

1 Sea Surface Measurements:       

  All underway logging gear working well, present temp. 12.49C, salinity 34.89, fluoresence 426, depth 4980 m.

  Logging underway pCO2.


2 Routine Weather Observations:       REMARKS:  Going well.  

   all weather balloons successfully launched


3 Carbon experiments

Commenced process station number 2, currently using submersible pump at 80m.


5 Productivity measurements:       REMARKS: started second 6 depth P vs I experiment


6 CTD Cast Schedule:       REMARKS:  all 14 completed ok. 


SPECIAL PLANNED OBSERVATIONS (NEXT 24-HOURS):        

complete second process station Trans-P1 and retrieve sediment trap at 20:00 hrs 20/11/95 GMT 

 

PAST 24-HR OPERATIONS SUMMARY: 

finished ES-1 site and steamed to Trans-P1. Arrived at P1 site at 16:00 hrs GMT.     


OTHER COMMENTS: 

working conditions are very pleasant at the moment.