ARSV LAURENCE M. GOULD DAILY SITUATION REPORT
GMT DATE: 16 April 2002
METRICS: SS
GMT TIME: 0000 0600 1200 1800
LATITUDE (S): 66'37.5" S 66'47.1" S 66'30.3" S 66'38.8" S
LONGITUDE (W): 67'25.1" W 67'37.8" W 67'33.7" W 67'28.1" W
WEATHER
TEMPERATURE (C): 0.7 0.5 0.0 -1.2
AIR PRESSURE(MB): 978.9 977.5 974.4 972.1
REL HUMIDITY (%): 97.0 101.0 102.0
WIND SPEED (KN): 23 25-30 10 20
WIND DIRECTION: NE ENE ENE ESE
SWELL HEIGHT (ft): 1-3
SWELL DIRECTION: NW
SALINITY(PSU): 33.1 33.0 33.1
SEA SURF TEMP(C): -1.4 -1.5 -1.5
VISIBILITY (NM): 3-5 1-2 15
CLOUDS (%): 100 100/SNOW 100/SNOW
SEA STATE:
SEA ICE
ICE TOTAL(TENTHS): 2 2 5
NEW & GREY ICE: 1
GREY-WHITE: 1 1 1
THIN ICE (30-60):
MED ICE (60-120):
THICK ICE (120-200): BITS
OLD ICE 2 Yr. Plus: 1 1 BERGS
SNOW DEPTH (CM):
ICE PRESSURE:
ENGINES/PITCH: 2/20 OS 2/60
(OS-On Station, VP-Variable Pitch, OE-One Engine)
FUEL ON BOARD: (gallons) 145,280
REMARKS: Our circumnavigation of Laird Island was cut short by consolidated sea ice, so we spent the night doing acoustics and CTDs, looking for potential Krill swarms. The seal team (BG-232-O) sampled and tagged another Crabeater at first light today. Fraser's group (BG-234-O) sampled two more Adelie penguins, hopping onto a small floe and netting the birds, then working them up in the Zodiac. We will alternate 10 meter and one meter MOCNESS tows tonight, and tomorrow transit to Avian Island vicinity around Adelaide Island to the West.
Raytheon Polar Services Company
Marine Projects Coordinator
ARSV Laurence M. Gould
email to: mpc@lmg.polar.org