Three Seagliders operated by SPURS colleagues at the University of Washington have been patrolling the upper 1000 m of the SPURS domain for the past 6 months. This morning we recovered Seaglider 122. She appeared to be in good shape with just a few barnacles on the wings and a little slime on the hull.
We are going to take advantage of the excellent weather and try to recover as much gear as possible over the next few days. We're now heading towards the big WHOI flux mooring to do a visual inspection of the surface buoy. Then we'll communicate acoustically with the remaining bits of the parted PICO-E mooring and try to make acoustic contact with the mute Seaglider 160. Tomorrow morning we'll grab the UW/APL Mixed Layer Float (MLF) and recover the PICO-E mooring.
Surface salinity just south of the moored array is near 37.65 -- the highest we've seen so far, but a bit lower than last fall. Model guidance from JPL suggests that slightly higher salinity water lies just a bit to the west of us. We'll explore as time permits.
Dave Rivera took this great picture of Endeavor during the SG recovery this morning. Note the salinity snake on the starboard side beneath the bridge.
We are going to take advantage of the excellent weather and try to recover as much gear as possible over the next few days. We're now heading towards the big WHOI flux mooring to do a visual inspection of the surface buoy. Then we'll communicate acoustically with the remaining bits of the parted PICO-E mooring and try to make acoustic contact with the mute Seaglider 160. Tomorrow morning we'll grab the UW/APL Mixed Layer Float (MLF) and recover the PICO-E mooring.
Surface salinity just south of the moored array is near 37.65 -- the highest we've seen so far, but a bit lower than last fall. Model guidance from JPL suggests that slightly higher salinity water lies just a bit to the west of us. We'll explore as time permits.
Dave Rivera took this great picture of Endeavor during the SG recovery this morning. Note the salinity snake on the starboard side beneath the bridge.
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