July 21, 2000

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Today's Atmospheric/Ocean Weather

Morning

Evening

ATMOSPHERE --- Much better today. Winds were from the southwest all day with sunny skies and highs in the upper 70s. The upwelling winds intensified as the day went on into night.

Plots of today's weather data from the Field Station are shown below. Times are in GMT.

Other Sites: Current NOAA marine forecast, The Weather Channel, Buoy Observations

OCEAN -- Also much better today. The sea state was much calmer with 2-3 foot waves. All Caleta transects had large Fluorescence blooms offshore on the southlines while the north lines were relatively quiet. More later...

Ocean Floor data
from 5 miles offshore
times in GMT

Thermistor String Data (Temperature)
from the A line
Notice the drop in the thermocline throughout the day.

08:00 GMT

15:00 GMT

22:00 GMT

Boat Cruise/AUV Information

R/V Arabella ----- dock

R/V Caleta ------ 4 Transects with CTD/ADCP, N1, N2, S1, S2

Capt. Ron, Kristie, Josh, Mike

R/V Minnow ---- REMUS Deployment

R/V Oceancolor ---- Optics in Great Bay

Bob Arnone, Sherwin Ladner, Joe Rhea

R/V Northstar ---- Instrument testing along A line/Great Bay IOPs

Emmanuel Boss, Scott Pegau, Francois Bavatage

R/V Saikhon (Scripps) ---- A line transects of weather and bubbles

Ronan, Eric and Lisa (14-20 GMT)

R/V Walford ----- Offshore optics (N2...

--Capt. Danko, Trish B., Matt, Chris, Mark, Mike

Map of Standard Ship Transects

R/V Caleta 10:30-12:15 GMT N1 Line (inside 12 km)	Cruise Map	Temperature	Fluorometer	Salinity	Velocity	Density	Temp on Saln
Temp. over Density	Temp. over Fluorometry	Vel. across & Temp	Vel. across & Fluorometry	Vel. across & Density	Vel. along & Temp	Vel. along & Fluorometry	Vel. along & Density

R/V Caleta 12:40-14:30 GMT N2 Line (14 km)	Cruise Map	Temperature	Fluorometer	Salinity	Velocity	Density	Temp on Saln
Temp. over Density	Temp. over Fluorometry	Vel. across & Temp	Vel. across & Fluorometry	Vel. across & Density	Vel. along & Temp	Vel. along & Fluorometry	Vel. along & Density

R/V Caleta 15:30-16:10 GMT S1 Line (21 km)	Cruise Map	Temperature	Fluorometer	Salinity	Velocity	Density	Temp on Saln
Temp. over Density	Temp. over Fluorometry	Vel. across & Temp	Vel. across & Fluorometry	Vel. across & Density	Vel. along & Temp	Vel. along & Fluorometry	Vel. along & Density

R/V Caleta 16:30-18:10 GMT S2 Line (20 km)	Cruise Map	Temperature	Fluorometer	Salinity	Velocity	Density	Temp on Saln
Temp. over Density	Temp. over Fluorometry	Vel. across & Temp	Vel. across & Fluorometry	Vel. across & Density	Vel. along & Temp	Vel. along & Fluorometry	Vel. along & Density