After finding that some ADCPs were getting buried in the sand yesterday, it was decided that they should be checked again by divers and moved out of the sand into a rocky area to prevent scouring and getting the transducers covered by sand. Divers went out to China Rock today to check that instruments were level and not covered by … Read More
Thursday Jun 23rd: Instrument Installation begins for Small-Scale Array
Today conditions were finally calm enough to begin installing instruments for the small-scale array. We headed out with three boats and three dive teams to deploy ADCPs in sand around the focus rock at Asilomar. The Sally Ann team deployed instruments and the divers lift bagged them into position around the rock. The Sebastes team installed spiral sand anchors beneath … Read More
Tuesday Jun 21st: Tricky GPS Marking of Instrument Locations
No offshore work was done today. At low tide, GPS marking was done at China Rock. Unfortunately, this low tide was not as low as the low tide that coincided with the initial deployment of the nearshore instruments, which meant that most of the instruments were deeper underwater and harder to see. With no surface expression buoys marking the ADCPs, … Read More
Saturday Jun 18th: Foggy Morning to Beautiful Afternoon
Nearshore deployments None Offshore deployments X05a (9m), X06a (5m), A03a (6m), B08at (8m), E12a (7m) Deployment progress 32/32 near-shore instruments deployed 38/39 offshore instruments deployed 70/71 instruments deployed in total Boats were slightly delayed at the dock this morning due to heavy fog settling in around Monterey. Eventually the fog lifted slightly and the sun peaked in just enough to … Read More
Friday Jun 17th: A Productive Day Under Clear Skies
Offshore deployments X02t (19m), A02p (7m), A04p (5m), B11a (4m), C02p (5m), C03ap (3m), E01sp (9m), E02sp (8m), E05sp (9m), E06a (9m), E07sp (10m), E08sp (8m), E09sp (7m), E10sp (7m), E11sp (7m), E13sp (5m), D01ap (8m), D02ap (3m) Near-shore deployments A05p (4m), A07p (1m), B09p (6m), B13a (1m), B15a (1m), C04p (1m), C05p (1m), C06p (1m) Deployment progress 32/32 near-shore … Read More