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Daily Report for R/V KILO MOANA August 2008 KM 08-14 Noon Report 1200(W) August 06, 2008 Noon Position is: 24-00N 158-00W Fuel on board: 54,519 gals Fuel Consumed (24 hrs): 2030 gals Potable water on board: 7912 gals Weather: wind 085 @ 17-20 kts, combined sea & swell ESE’ly @ 06-07 ft, barometer 1019.4 steady, temp 25C, mostly cloudy Continuing operations on KM 08-14, Kolber-CMORE Cruise, having conducted 7 CTD casts and deployed the SID, Nitrogen/Gas, and Sediment Trap arrays since our last report. We appear to have found the area to study that we have been looking for! All going well! *************************************************************************************************** KM 08-14 Noon Report 1200(W) August 05, 2008 Noon Position is: 25-08N 157-30W Fuel on board: 56,549 gals Fuel Consumed (24 hrs): 2162 gals Potable water on board: 8040 gals Weather: wind 120 @ 12 kts, combined sea & swell SE’ly @ 04-06 ft, barometer 1019.1 rising, temp 25C, overcast Continuing operations on KM 08-14, Kolber-CMORE Cruise, having conducted 9 CTD casts since our last report (also I had forgotten to report that we deployed 1 Seaglider 03 August). All going well! ***************************************************************************************************************** KM 08-14 Noon Report 1200(W) August 04, 2008 Noon Position is: 25-05N 157-30W Fuel on board: 58,711 gals Fuel Consumed (24 hrs): 1969 gals Potable water on board: 7885 gals Weather: wind 090 @ 12 kts, combined sea & swell E’ly @ 04-05 ft, barometer 1017.9 rising, temp 26C, partly cloudy Continuing operations on KM 08-14, Kolber-CMORE Cruise, having conducted 10 CTD casts, and 1 net tow (crossing another bloom) since our last report. All going ******************************************************************************************************************************** KM 08-14 Noon Report 1200(W) August 03, 2008 Noon Position is: 23-25N 157-30W Fuel on board: 60,680 gals Fuel Consumed (24 hrs): 1998 gals Potable water on board: 7943 gals Weather: wind 100 @ 13 kts, combined sea & swell E’ly @ 04-06 ft, barometer 1016.5 steady, temp 27C, partly cloudy Continuing operations on KM 08-14, Kolber-CMORE Cruise, having conducted 6 CTD casts, 2 Winch-Pump evolutions, 1 AC9 cast, and retrieved the SID and Sediment Trap arrays since our last report. All going well! ********************************************************************************************************************************* KM 08-14 Noon Report 1200(W) August 02, 2008 Noon Position is: 22-13N 156-47W Fuel on board: 62,678 gals Fuel Consumed (24 hrs): 1792 gals Potable water on board: 7861 gals Weather: wind 120 @ 10 kts, combined sea & swell E’ly @ 04 ft, barometer 1016.7 steady, temp 24C, overcast Continuing operations on KM 08-14, Kolber-CMORE Cruise, having conducted 5 CTD casts, conducted 3 net tows, and retrieved the Nitrogen/Gas array since our last report. We found a substantial bloom yesterday (see pics below)! All going well!
******************************************************************************************************************* KM 08-14 Noon Report 1200(W) August 01, 2008 Noon Position is: 22-25N 156-37W Fuel on board: 64,470 gals Fuel Consumed (24 hrs): 2310 gals Potable water on board: 8130 gals Weather: wind 110 @ 07 kts, combined sea & swell E’ly @ 04 ft, barometer 1016.9 steady, temp 25C, partly cloudy KM 08-14, Kolber-CMORE Cruise, working at our second Station, having conducted 7 CTD casts overnight, and conducted 1 net tow and deployed the Nitrogen/Gas array, the SID (submersible incubation device) array, and the Sediment Trap array this morning. We will be departing this Station shortly for our third Station (22-18N 156-18W), ETA 1345 this afternoon. All going well! Photos of SID and its spar/float below.
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