ARSV LAURENCE M. GOULD DAILY SITUATION REPORT
GMT DATE: 15 April 2002
METRICS: SS
GMT TIME: 0000 0600 1200 1800
LATITUDE (S): 66'29.5" S 66'39.7" S 66'45.0" S 66'46.2" S
LONGITUDE (W): 67'00.6" W 67'23.7" W 66'45.2" W 66'47.3" W
WEATHER
TEMPERATURE (C): -0.4 0.0 -0.9 -0.1
AIR PRESSURE(MB): 986.6 985.4 983.3 981.3
REL HUMIDITY (%): 97.0 94.0 85.0 91.0
WIND SPEED (KN): 12 6 12 15-20
WIND DIRECTION: WNW N NE NNE
SWELL HEIGHT (ft): 1 1-3
SWELL DIRECTION: SW NW
SALINITY(PSU): 33.3 33.0 33.1 33.0
SEA SURF TEMP(C): -0.9 -1.5 -1.4 -1.5
VISIBILITY (NM): 1-3 1-3 5-7 8+
CLOUDS (%): 100/SNOW 100 95 100
SEA STATE: 2 1
SEA ICE
ICE TOTAL(TENTHS): 2 9 2 5
NEW & GREY ICE: 1
GREY-WHITE: 1 BRASH
THIN ICE (30-60): 1
MED ICE (60-120): 1
THICK ICE (120-200): BITS BITS
OLD ICE 2 Yr. Plus: BERGS 5 BERGS BERGS
SNOW DEPTH (CM): 20
ICE PRESSURE:
ENGINES/PITCH: 2/60 VP 2/60 OS
(OS-On Station, VP-Variable Pitch, OE-One Engine)
FUEL ON BOARD: (gallons) 147,700
REMARKS: Trawling last night very successful and the labs are fairly bustling with activity today. We followed the fishing with six CTD casts throughout the night across the mouth of Crystal Sound. Today the seal group sampled and tagged two more Crabeaters, and we are currently moving West toward Laird Island where we will trawl again tonight and then circumnavigate the island with acoustics and CTD casts.
Regards,
Steve
Steven Ager
Raytheon Polar Services Company
Marine Projects Coordinator
ARSV Laurence M. Gould
email to: mpc@lmg.polar.org