Plan of the Day for Friday, April 28:
Updates:
- Both the B200 and G-III flew today. The optical instruments finally got a very clear day, and the winds were cooperating for DopplerScatt!
- Continuing to sample in the same area, a small (submesoscale) section of what we refer to as SWOTland, or within the swath of the SWOT satellite.
Aircraft plan and schedule:
- NET 1000: G-III SF#8 takeoff
- 1130: Preflight meeting for B200 SF#21
- NET 1300: B200 SF #21 takeoff
- Aircraft operations will conclude after Saturday’s flights
Ship and in situ plan:
- The Sally Ride will continue to deploy drifters, recover and redeploy Lagrangian floats, and may look to recover some Seagliders to the east tomorrow morning after the CTD station.
- Array of Wave Gliders will need to reposition daily, following the front. Their lines have been shortened from 12 km to 8 km.
- The ship is expected to leave the operations area Tuesday, May 2 by 1800L.
Meeting schedule: