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Photo (left):Scott Smith, Brookhaven National Laboratory,
Tom Gillman, College of Desert, and Chuck Pavloski, Penn State
University, doing a sun photometry gig on the Ron Brown's 03 deck
(forward). Also shown are two hand-held sun photometers (Microtops
and CMDL versions) and the Penn State ship-stabilized sun photometer.
This type of thing happens frequently.
Other
snapshots from the Ron Brown
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Commentary:
We began the day expecting to circumnavigate the island continuously
at 1 km offshore, with no scheduled RHIB (small boat) runs. However, by
noon we had already made two runs and had another two scheduled - mostly
visitors from Nauru, including a media team.
| Date: |
July 14, 1999 |
| Local Time: |
1445 Local, 0245 Z |
| GPS Ship Position: |
Lat. 0 deg. 31.3 min. S
Long. 166 deg. 54.2 min. E
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| Heading: |
091 deg |
| Surface Wind: |
2.6 m/s @ 351 deg. (14 m height) |
| Temperature: |
28.0C (13 m height) |
| Sea Surface Temperature: |
29.0C (5 m depth) |
| Relative Humidity: |
69.3 % (13 m height) |
| Precipitation last 24 hr: |
0 mm |
| Column Water Vapor: |
(n/a) |
| Cloud Layer Heights: |
Ceilometer: 0.6, 2.4 km bases
Radar: n/a
Lidar: 2.8 km bases
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| Radiosonde Inversion Height: |
0.5 km @ 1129 Z (Day 194) |
Visual Observations:
One of the most pleasant days of the campaign - gentle breezes and seas,
with multi-layered but sparse clouds.
Instrument Status:
This is the last day for the Differential Absorption Lidar (DIAL) and
High-Resolution Doppler Lidar (HRDL) observations. They will be broken
down and packed starting tomorrow.
Previous Days' Updates:
July
13, 1999
July
12, 1999
July
11, 1999
July
10, 1999
July
9, 1999
July
8, 1999
July
7, 1999
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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