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Operations at Station ALOHA are continuing as planned but are slightly delayed.
At this time two net tows and three CTD casts have been completed and both the sediment traps and primary production arrays have been deployed.
Detailed daily opertations:
June 24th
0900- depart snug harbor
0940- science party safety meeting
1045- fire drill and abandon ship drill
1145- arrive at Station Kahe
1157- weight cast to 500m
1235- PRR cast
1312- Kahe Cast
1430- end Kahe cast
1445- go-flo cast for CMORE education group
1500- transit to Station ALOHA
2240- arrive at Station ALOHA -positioned ship 1.5nm north of the center
for sediment trap deployment.
2345- deployment of the sediment traps 22 46.65'N 158 0.013'W
June 25th
0012- S2C1
0137- Primary production cast
0400- deployment of the primary production array 22 46.186'N 157 59.923'W
0503- start of the deep cast
0857- end of the deep cast
0905- pump ships tanks
1000- net tow
1124- S2C4
1257- net tow
Current weather conditions at Station ALOHA are 15kt winds from the east with 3-5ft seas under a cloudy sky.
Susan Curless
Chief Scientist HOT 202
Submitted 1330
Operations at Station ALOHA are currently on schedule and proceeding as planned.
Eight CTD casts, three net tows, recovery of the primary production array, deployment of the gas array, one PRR cast, and one AC9/FRRF cast have been performed at Station Aloha within the last 24 hours.
June 25th
1330- hand net tow for CMORE education group
1400- S2C5
1509- transit to pump ship's tanks
1656- S2C6
1922- Recovery of Primary Production Array 22 51.048'N 158 2.015'W The
array traveled ~5.2nm NNW from the deployment site.
2000- S2C7 BEACH cast
2100- transit to pump ship's tanks
2200- net tow
2300- S2C8
June 26th
0020- net tow
0200- S2C9 Gas Array water collection
0433- Gas Array Deployed 22 46.014'N 157 59.916'W
0500- S2C10
0615- transit to pump ship's tanks
0802- S2C11
0914- ATE
1010- net tow
1101- S2C12
1207- PRR
1234- AC9/FRRF
Current weather conditions at Station ALOHA are 15kt winds from the east with 4-6ft seas under a 3/8 cloud covered sky.
Susan Curless
Chief Scientist HOT 202
Submitted 1330 June 26th
Currently at Station ALOHA operations are on schedule and proceeding as planned.
The new rosette cage performed very well throughout the 36 hour period.
The equal spacing between the niskin bottles on the new rosette is a great improvement. Both the gas array and sediment traps have been recovered, the net tows and optical casts have been completed.
The last yo-yo cast is in the water and then we will transit to Kaena.
June 26th
1402- S2C13
1503- transit to pump ship's tanks
1651- S2C14
1954- S2C15
2232- Net Tow -delayed deployment due to ship maneuvers to avoid a sailboat
2326- S2C16 -Second Deep Cast
June 27th
0317- end of deep cast
0324- AC9/FRRF
0639- Sediment Trap Recovery 22 59.072'N 158 11.397'W
0730- Begin gas array recovery 22 55.50'N 158 04.75'W
0800- gas array recovery completed
1006- S50C1 yo-yo 6 cycles completed
1114- PRR cast
1134- AC9/FRRF cast
1238- AC9/FRRF cast
1400- S50C2 yo-yo
Current weather conditions at Station ALOHA are 15kt winds from the east with 5-7ft seas under a cloudy sky.
Susan Curless
HOT 202 Chief Scientist
Submitted 1410