This afternoon we observed a fairly long (in the alongshore direction) internal wave packet propagating onshore all afternoon. It can be seen just east of the orangish contour (depth not obvious from kml info). It became visible in our field of view around 230pm, the above image is from 6pm. Note the vertical yellow line for scale (10km). For those … Read More
APL-UW moored SWIFTs and sea spider deployments complete
Thursday was day two on the water for APL-UW. The dolphins couldn’t quite keep up with us on our easy early morning transit from Port San Luis to Point Sal. We deployed APL’s last two sea spiders south of Point Sal under somewhat clear skies, with a hefty marine layer visible farther offshore. On the way home we ran into several large foamy streaks near … Read More
Operational Forecasts for Pt. Sal — NOW LIVE
The experimental operational forecasts for Pt. Sal are now live on a web portal. http://www.oces.us/onr click on the tab “LATEST” to see the movies and bookmark for easy access on smartphones. From this webpage you will be able to do the following: Watch animations of a 2-day forecast (click on the “LATEST” tab) Watch animations of the archived forecasts (click on the … Read More
APL-UW day 1 on the water: moored SWIFTs and a sea spider deployed
APL-UW got out on the water today after a trucking company delivered both the R/V Sounder (APL-UW) and the R/V Kalipi (OSU) to Port San Luis. Once underway, APL deployed a sea spider in 20 m off Oceano and then moored SWIFTs on either side of Pt Sal. The Pt Sal positions are along the SIO lines. The one south … Read More