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Today's weather

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Mostly sunny...highs in the upper 80s   Light winds.

W wind 10 to 15 KT becoming variable 5 to 10 tonight.  Seas 2 to 3 FT.

 

  Today's Boat Assignments 

Arabella

 Check of Meteorological buoy range. Capt. John Zlotnik, Liz Creed, Mikey Chestnut

Caleta

 ADCP/MiniBat Run, three Transects on N-line Bob Chant, Sage Lickthemwalnuts, Jessica Vanisko, Capt. Ron

Northstar 4

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Walford

 Bio-optical profile transect of N & A lines Oscar Schofield, Trisha Bergmann, Joe Grzymski, Cris Orrico, Erica Peters, Taylor Newton, Capt. Jim Hughes Mike Nunez

Zodiac

 Initial REMUS Testing for Navigation Chris Cassidy, Tom Fulton, Tim Prestero
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  Notable Events and Scientific Results of the day 

shipdata.gif (5960 bytes)Coastal surface water at Beach Haven (LBI) at 15 C (59 F). Three N lines completed by the R/V Caleta. Initial REMUS test runs completed successfully. Node B prepared for Friday redeployment.

Walford News: Search & Rescue mission for the yahoo vessel freeboater which was adrift 25 miles from Atlantic City sans engine, GPS or anchor.  After restoring safety to the high seas we headed back to compute our data collection.

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  Selected Pictures from Today 

708sunset.jpg (84526 bytes) A beautiful sunset will soon start another great day at the field station. 708hardwork.jpg (90737 bytes) Undergraduate slaves hard at work collecting data for the lab.
708equip.jpg (285732 bytes) The CTD (conductivity, temperature, depth) sensors aboard the Caleta flawlessly collect data. 708starfish.jpg (212809 bytes) The Guideline MiniBat is instrumental in collecting biological data from the sea floor (note the starfish on the wing collected by Bob).
708station.jpg (61501 bytes) The Rutgers Marine Field Station provides an excellent facility for offlanders to conduct their research. 708adcp1.jpg (109386 bytes) The ADCP in action off the side of the Caleta has probably provided the least headaches so far this year.
708jess.jpg (63199 bytes) Jess Vanisko once again showing her modeling prowess, overcasts the ADCP in the background. 708sage.jpg (59263 bytes) Sage Lichtenwalner furiously contemplates a Cheez-it will attempting to steer the MiniBat.
708docking.jpg (75398 bytes) Director Mike Crowley sports the latest in Marine Buoy fashions and actually lends a hand in docking. 708walford.jpg (85346 bytes) The Walford used by the Optics group.  Note the large A-frame which is conducive for lowering profiling equipment into the ocean.
708seabird.jpg (55950 bytes) The SeaBird which takes CTD measurements in lieu of the MiniBat.    

Last reviewed: July 14, 1999