ACE-1 R/V SOUTHERN SURVEYOR STATUS FORM 

 

DATE/TIME (95120518): UTC

                                                   

PREPARED BY: Rudy Kloser  

      

LOCATION PRESENT:   LATITUDE:  46 35S LONGITUDE: 149 14E

LOCATION -6 HOURS:  LATITUDE:   46 39S LONGITUDE: 149 14E

LOCATION -12 HOURS: LATITUDE:  46 45S LONGITUDE: 150 13E

LOCATION -18 HOURS: LATITUDE:  46 43S LONGITUDE: 150 00E

       

PRESENT WEATHER: 18 knot NW wind, pressure 1011.1 hPa, cloud 2/8, 9.63C

 

SEA STATE:  slight 0.5 m sea on a 2.5 m NW swell

 

INSTRUMENTS/SYSTEMS          STATUS       

 

1 Sea Surface Measurements: 

      

Present temp 11.26 C, salinity 34.72 ppt, fluorescence 600 (relative units). logging underway pCO2 nutrients and fluorescence.

 

2 Routine Weather Observations:

 

all balloons launched OK, 12 hourly sounds.

 

3 Productivity measurements:  Remarks : none

 

4 CTD Cast Schedule:   Remarks None

 

 SPECIAL PLANNED OBSERVATIONS (NEXT 24-HOURS): 

       

Complete process station at 10:00UTC 6/12 after recovering free floating sediment trap. Then commence tests with the aquashuttle.

 

PAST 24-HR OPERATIONS SUMMARY: 

 

Finished northerly transect along 150E at 22:30 UTC 4/12 then searched for high fluorescence water to conduct process station. Commenced process station at 10:00UTC 5/12. 

 

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