ACE-1 R/V SOUTHERN SURVEYOR STATUS FORM 

DATE/TIME (95112221):
PREPARED BY: Rudy Kloser  

LOCATION PRESENT:   LATITUDE:  44 57.01S LONGITUDE: 142 46.71E
LOCATION -6 HOURS:  LATITUDE:  45 01.19S LONGITUDE: 142 43.49E
LOCATION -12 HOURS: LATITUDE:  44 58.35S LONGITUDE: 142 43.63E
LOCATION -18 HOURS: LATITUDE:  44 59.74S LONGITUDE: 142 43.23E

PRESENT WEATHER: 14 knot W wind, pressure 1005.9 hPa, cloud 7/8, 9.9C

SEA STATE:  slight 0.5m sea on a 1.5 m W swell

INSTRUMENTS/SYSTEMS          STATUS       

1 Sea Surface Measurements: 
All underway logging gear working well, present temp 10.24, salinity 34.31, fluorescence 290 range 3, depth 4995 m. logging underway pCO2 nutrients and fluorescence.

2 Routine Weather Observations:
yesterdays ballons launched OK.

3 Productivity measurements:  
started third P vrs I experiment

4 CTD Cast Schedule:  
all completed OK  
 

SPECIAL PLANNED OBSERVATIONS (NEXT 24-HOURS): 
Finish off 3rd productivity station Trans P-2 at 00:30 hrs GMT and start lagrangian experiment


PAST 24-HR OPERATIONS SUMMARY: 
deployed free floating sediment trap at start of third productivity station Trans P-2. completed MIDOC pelagic trawl for pyrosoma and salpa in the upper 100 m. 


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