Oceanus finished 24-hours BATing on the Oceano array bounding box. We can see both the large-scale wind-driven response and the NLIWs coming in (see plot below). The storm knocked some kelp free which we managed to catch on the BAT. No harm, no foul. We were happy to get the BAT back on board and head north. Here’s an … Read More
Pt Purisma radar now online
Our radar at Pt Purisma now has a real time site. Both sites can now be accessed from one link: http://research.engr.oregonstate.edu/haller/innershelf/osu-radar.php Hopefully this is of some use as work gets done further to the south.
Chasing vorticity off Oceano
The Inner Shelf armada is conducting synchronized along shelf lines off Oceano. Here’s a shot of R/Vs Kalipi and Sounder inshore of Oceanus. They were soon joined by Sally Ann shoreward of Sounder. On the offshore side was Sally Ride. Oceanus’ radar shows the 5 vessels all in a row headed north. The ADCP from Oceanus shows some nice upwelling, … Read More
Dissipation around Pt Sal
Here’s a quick work up of the SWIFT drifts around Pt Sal from the previous few days. The drifts are all southwards (releases are at the northernmost points for each track), and the color scale is the log10 of the TKE dissipation rate averaged over the upper 5 m. Looks like there is a region of high dissipation were the … Read More
SIO Airborne Flight (9/15/17)
Today the SIO Melville lab had a successful 4.5 hour flight. There were no clouds on site for the duration of the flight and the wind picked up for good wave measurements with the lidar. The flight track included multiple high altitude alongshore passes to capture an overview of the area as well as nine separate cross shore legs at … Read More