ARSV LAURENCE M. GOULD DAILY SITUATION REPORT
GMT DATE: 5 May 2002
METRICS: SS
GMT TIME: 0000 0600 1200 1800
LATITUDE (S): 68'33.3" S 68'35.9" S 68'29.9" S 68'30.2" S
LONGITUDE (W): 69'54.3" W 69'38.7" W 69'36.6" W 69'51.9" W
WEATHER
TEMPERATURE (C): -6.9 -7.7 -6.1 -10.1
AIR PRESSURE(MB): 986.4
REL HUMIDITY (%): 87.0 77.0 85.0 95.0
WIND SPEED (KN): 13 5 5 10
WIND DIRECTION: SSE VAR VAR SSE
SWELL HEIGHT (ft): 1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2
SWELL DIRECTION: NW N NW N
SALINITY(PSU): 33.2 33.2 33.3 33.4
SEA SURF TEMP(C): -1.6 -1.6 -1.4 -1.4
VISIBILITY (NM): 4-6 6+ 5-7 8+
CLOUDS (%): 100 100 10/SNOW 100/SNOW
SEA STATE: 3 1
SEA ICE
ICE TOTAL(TENTHS): 8 3 8 9
NEW & GREY ICE: 2 PANCAKE PANCAKE 4/PANCAKE
GREY-WHITE: 3
THIN ICE (30-60): 2 1
MED ICE (60-120): 2
THICK ICE (120-200): 1
OLD ICE 2 Yr. Plus: 1 1
SNOW DEPTH (CM): 20 10
ICE PRESSURE:
ENGINES/PITCH: 2/25 2/55 2/55 VP
(OS-On Station, VP-Variable Pitch, OE-One Engine)
FUEL ON BOARD: (gallons) 95,050
REMARKS: ten meter MOCNESS tows throughout last night, followed by a 60 mile ADCP track. Seal team worked up their 12th animal this morning, and Torres' dive team worked this afternoon under the new pancake ice that is covering the area. Temperatures have dropped markedly in the last 48 hours and the new ice is forming very fast. We are currently under way to GLOBEC survey station 60 for continued acoustics/trawl/CTD/seal/dive/penguin ops.
Regards,
Steve
Steven Ager
Raytheon Polar Services Company
Marine Projects Coordinator
ARSV Laurence M. Gould
email to: mpc@lmg.polar.org