OPERATION BLACK MOON- Sat. July 21, 2001 (Day 202)

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Today's Atmospheric/Ocean Weather

Morning

Evening

ATMOSPHERE --- Weak northwesterlies early, and southeasterlies (seabreeze) late. A gorgeous day in the low 80s, and completely clear. Great day for satellite imagery.

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 -- The mixing that occured earlier this week is still obvious from boat transects. However, the SeaWiFS data indicates that there is a strong chlorophyll front about 5 kilometers out on every line. Salinity and Temps are constant top to bottom except for far offshore. More later...

Ocean Floor - Node A from 5 miles offshore times in GMT Spikes in data are due to profiles	Temperature	Salinity	Pressure (tides)	Wave Period	Wave Height
Ocean Floor - NodeB from 6 miles offshore times in GMT	Temperature	Salinity	Pressure (tides)	Wave Period	Wave Height

Node A - Last 2 Weeks			Node B - Last 2 Weeks
Temperature	Salinity	Fluorometry	Temperature	Salinity	Fluorometry

Boat Cruise/AUV Information

R/V Caleta ------ Ocean Physics

Capt. Mike, Kristie, Liz, Josh, Alex

R/V Arabella----- in Dock

Capt. John,

R/V Walford----- Optics Cruise

Capt. Jim, Jesse, Jessica, Oscar, Trish, Chris, Erica

R/V Bumblebee----- Biolum REMUS

Mark, Mike Purcell, Shelly, Matt

REMUS----- Inshore A-line

Map of Standard Ship Transects

R/V Caleta 23:00-01:00GMT A 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
R/V Caleta 01:00-03:15GMT A 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