July 25, 2000

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Today's Atmospheric/Ocean Weather

Morning
Evening
 ATMOSPHERE --- Ugh! Gross again! Finally a day with waves big enough to stop the Caleta from sailing. 12 knot Northeast winds for most of the day with temperatures hovering around 70F all day. Rain, wind, clouds, uhhhhh.....
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 -- Downwelling, mixing. Downwelling, mixing... Yes, physics is working in the coastal ocean off Jersey as the northeast winds blow all the surface water back into shore. CODAR and the Node bottom data both confirm this fact.
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
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 ------ Dock

  • R/V Minnow ---- REMUS Deployment

  • R/V Oceancolor ---- Optics in Great Bay
    Bob Arnone, Sherwin Ladner, Joe Rhea
  • R/V Northstar ---- Inlet Calibration to Walford
    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 ----- Inlet Calibration to Northstar
    --Capt. Danko, Trish B., Matt, Chris, Mark, Mike

    • Map of Standard Ship Transects



    Satellite/CODAR Data


    Morning CODAR
    Lowpass Currents

    Afternoon CODAR
    Low Pass Currents

    Last reviewed: July 25, 2000