After a day of drifters running around Pt. Sal on Tuesday (12 Sep), Jamie decided to deploy 9 of his drifters overnight. He went up to the offshore side of the Oceano array just offshore of a big NLIW scum line and let them rip. Back at the dock there was lots of discussion about what the drifter would do … Read More
SIO Airborne Flight
Another successful flight for the SIO Melville lab today. We had a mechanical issue that set back our departure time but we were still able to fly from 1430 to 1830 local time. We flew 8000ft alongshore legs from Pismo Pier to Purisima Point, down to 4000ft in a grid pattern within the Oceanus sampling box around Point Sal, then down … Read More
More transects and internal waves
Today, the Kalipi continued sampling with the ADCP and fast profiling CTD during transects, again seeing several internal wave convergence lines along the way. (post by Jenny)
Photos from around Pt Sal from the air.
I wanted to share a few quick images of things we saw from the air today (it’s pretty amazing!). Times and general locations are indicated below. Looking northwest from Pt. Sal out to the Sally Ride (1324 PDT). Bloom and rips just north of Mussel Pt (1406 PDT). Sally Ride transiting inshore of an internal bore front (1423 PDT)
Throwback… Wednesday? Airborne IR perspective of flow past Pt Sal from the pilot experiment
For a little airborne perspective on the flow around Point Sal I’ve posted this time series of IR orbital flights around the point that we flew in 2015. You’ll note several interesting features including: strong southward flow; turbulent surface flow over the submerged bathymetry just off of the point; several cooler rip plumes north of the point; and a convergent … Read More