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Photo (left):Scientists and crew muster to one of six life
raft stations during an abandon ship drill, conducted at least
once per week. Besides a life jacket, each person brings a hat;
long pants; shirt; full-body exposure suit; and drinking water,
if handy. Fire drills are also conducted at least once per week.
Other
snapshots from the Ron Brown
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Commentary:
A very uneventful day. The highlight was an abandon ship drill. A science
talk on radiometry and photometry is scheduled for tonight.
| Date: |
June 29, 1999 |
| Local Time: |
1435 Local, 0235 Z |
| GPS Ship Position: |
Lat. 1 deg. 55.6 Min. S
Long. 164 deg. 23.5 min. E
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| Heading: |
115 [deg] |
| Surface Wind: |
100 [deg], 5.8 [mps] (14 m height) |
| Temperature: |
28.5 C (13 m height) |
| Sea Surface Temperature: |
29.3 C (5 m depth) |
| Relative Humidity: |
67.6% (13 m height) |
| Precipitation last 24 hr: |
0.0 [mm] |
| Column Water Vapor: |
2.6 cm (MWR) |
| Cloud Layer Heights: |
Ceilometer: 0.8 km base
Radar: n/a
Lidar: 1.0 km base
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| Radiosonde Inversion Height: |
none apparent on last 4 launches |
Visual Observations:
Breezy with whitecaps. Scattered low, puffy, small cumulus clouds. A
very uneventful day, weather-wise.
Instrument Status:
All is well. Observations continue without event. Radar sea clutter has
increased with roughened seas, as on the Mirai.
Previous Days' Updates:
June
28, 1999
June
27, 1999
June
26, 1999
June
25, 1999
June
24, 1999
June
23, 1999
June
22, 1999
June
21, 1999
June
20, 1999
June
19, 1999
June
18, 1999
June
17, 1999
June
16, 1999
June
15, 1999
June
14, 1999
June
10, 1999
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