ARSV LAURENCE M. GOULD DAILY SITUATION REPORT
GMT DATE: 9 May 2002
METRICS: SS
GMT TIME: 0000 0600 1200 1800
LATITUDE (S): 67'50.9" S 68'01.8" S 68'06.6" S 68'09.5" S
LONGITUDE (W): 68'48.7" W 68'00.1" W 67'44.0" W 67'46.1" W
WEATHER
TEMPERATURE (C): -9.4 -12.0 -10.9 -10.5
AIR PRESSURE(MB): 985.1 987.2 987.1 986.3
REL HUMIDITY (%): 62.0 50.0 49.0 47.0
WIND SPEED (KN): 22 15 5 5
WIND DIRECTION: ESE ESE ESE E
SWELL HEIGHT (ft): 2-4 1-2
SWELL DIRECTION: E E
SALINITY(PSU): 33.2 33.1 33.2 32.3
SEA SURF TEMP(C): -1.5 -1.7 -1.6 -1.6
VISIBILITY (NM): 5-7 3-5 8-10 8+
CLOUDS (%): 20 40 0 0
SEA STATE: 3-4
SEA ICE
ICE TOTAL(TENTHS): 1 10 9 9
NEW & GREY ICE: 3 1 1
GREY-WHITE: 2 2 2
THIN ICE (30-60): 1 3 3
MED ICE (60-120): 1 3 3
THICK ICE (120-200):
OLD ICE 2 Yr. Plus: 3
SNOW DEPTH (CM): 10 5-10 5
ICE PRESSURE:
ENGINES/PITCH: 2/10 2/VP 2/50 2/OS
(OS-On Station, VP-Variable Pitch, OE-One Engine)
FUEL ON BOARD: (gallons) 85,024
REMARKS: Overnight ADCP survey, followed by a day of marine mammal surveying. No viable seals were found, and no whales or penguins sighted. Dive ops via Zodiac this afternoon in -12 C temps. Tucker and MOC 10 trawls tonight, and MOC 1 tows after midnight.
Regards,
Steve
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Steven Ager
Raytheon Polar Services Company
Marine Projects Coordinator
ARSV Laurence M. Gould
email to: mpc@lmg.polar.org