ACE-1 R/V SOUTHERN SURVEYOR STATUS FORM 

 

DATE/TIME (95112518):

                                                   

PREPARED BY: Rudy Kloser  

      

LOCATION PRESENT:   LATITUDE:  47 58S LONGITUDE: 145 45E

LOCATION -6 HOURS:  LATITUDE:   47 58S LONGITUDE: 145 37E

LOCATION -12 HOURS: LATITUDE:  46 58S LONGITUDE: 145 41E

LOCATION -18 HOURS: LATITUDE:  46 58S LONGITUDE: 143 45E

       

PRESENT WEATHER: cloudy, 10 knot E wind, pressure 1014.0 hPa, cloud 8/8, 7.7C

 

SEA STATE:  slight 0.5m sea on a low 1.5 m S swell

 

INSTRUMENTS/SYSTEMS          STATUS       

 

1 Sea Surface Measurements: 

      

All underway logging gear working well, present temp 9.4 C, salinity 34.16 ppt, fluorescence 227, depth 3414m. logging underway pCO2 nutrients and fluorescence.

 

2 Routine Weather Observations:

 

all balloons launched OK.

 

3 Productivity measurements:

  

completed fourth P vrs I experiment     

 

4 CTD Cast Schedule:  

     

cable damage was experienced last night but a quick cable termination enabled our tight schedule to continue.

 

SPECIAL PLANNED OBSERVATIONS (NEXT 24-HOURS): 

       

Steaming to Trans T-5 at 49S for a CTD dip to 1000m and then onto 53S

 

PAST 24-HR OPERATIONS SUMMARY: 

 

Completed fourth process station at 18:30Z and steaming towards 49S    

 

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