July 23, 2000

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Today's Atmospheric/Ocean Weather

Morning
Evening
 ATMOSPHERE --- Not bad, not great. A partly sunny morning finished with a mostly cloudy evening. Winds did a complete spiral during the day, finishing on a northeast direction. This brought temperatures down as the day went on. The high temperature was 79, the low was 66F.
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

Temperature

Pressure

Humidity

Solar Radiation

Wind Speed

Wind Direction

OCEAN -- Surface currents reflected the shift in winds. The morning currents were offshore while they shifted to onshore in the afternoon. Node bottom temperatures also reflected this downwelling current shift with the bottom temperatures rising through the evening.
Ocean Floor data
from 5 miles offshore
times in GMT

Temperature

Salinity

Pressure (tides)

Wave Period

Wave Height
Thermistor String Data (Temperature)
from the A line

08:00 GMT

15:00 GMT

23:00 GMT



Boat Cruise/AUV Information


  • R/V Arabella ----- dock

  • R/V Caleta ------ Dock

  • 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
    REMUS AUV
    A Line Transect 1

    Map of the Transects

    Velocity
    4 km.

    Temperature
    4 km.

    Salinity
    4 km.
    REMUS AUV
    A Line Transect 2

    Map of the Transects

    Velocity
    4 km.

    Temperature
    4 km.

    Salinity
    4 km.
    REMUS AUV
    A Line Transect 3

    Map of the Transects

    Velocity
    4 km.

    Temperature
    4 km.

    Salinity
    4 km.
    REMUS AUV
    A Line Transect 4

    Map of the Transects

    Velocity
    4 km.

    Temperature
    4 km.

    Salinity
    4 km.
    REMUS AUV
    A Line Transect 5

    Map of the Transects

    Velocity
    4 km.

    Temperature
    4 km.

    Salinity
    4 km.
    REMUS AUV
    A Line Transect 6

    Map of the Transects

    Velocity
    4 km.

    Temperature
    4 km.

    Salinity
    4 km.


    Satellite/CODAR Data


    Morning CODAR
    Lowpass Currents

    Afternoon CODAR
    Low Pass Currents

    Last reviewed: July 24, 2000