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Photo (left): Boba Stankov of NOAA's Environmental Technology
Laboratory at her work station in the computer lab, working to
combine satellite data with shipborne measurements for more accurate
products.
Other
snapshots from the Ron Brown
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Commentary:
Ship scientists had several long discussions today debating deployment
options to best answer remaining scientific and instrument questions.
After conferring with Chuck Long on the ship, we decided on moving the
ship tonight to clean flow 2 km upwind of Nauru, and to remain there for
24 - 48 hours. Other options will then be executed depending on meteorological
conditions. Large numbers of people continue to visit the island and ship
via the RHIB (small boat). Fire and abandon ship drills caught new arrivals
and visitors by surprise.
| Date: |
July 7, 1999 |
| Local Time: |
1500 Local, 0300 Z |
| GPS Ship Position: |
Lat. 0 deg. 31.2 min. S
Long. 166 deg. 54.4 min. E
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| Heading: |
079 deg |
| Surface Wind: |
5.5 m/s @ 065 deg. (14 m height) |
| Temperature: |
28.1C (13 m height) |
| Sea Surface Temperature: |
28.5C (5 m depth) |
| Relative Humidity: |
73.4 % (13 m height) |
| Precipitation last 24 hr: |
0 mm |
| Column Water Vapor: |
4.9 cm (MWR) |
| Cloud Layer Heights: |
Ceilometer: 0.6 - 0.7 km bases
Radar: 0.8 - 1.5, 10.0 - 13.1 km
Lidar: 0.6 bases, 11 - 18 km cirrus
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| Radiosonde Inversion Height: |
0.6 km @ 0531 Z (Day 187) |
Visual Observations:
A cloudy day (multi-level) with little or no precipitation in the area.
Winds are climatologically average from the northeast.
Instrument Status:
All is well.
Previous Days' Updates:
July
6, 1999
July
5, 1999
July 3, 1999
July 2, 1999
July 1, 1999
June 30, 1999
June 29, 1999
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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