In late June 2024, scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Naval Postgraduate School, University of North Carolina, and University of the Virgin Islands performed preparatory fieldwork for the next “steep cliffs” ROXSI experiment for Winter 2024-25. The preparatory field work was conducted along the cliffs near Bordeaux Bay in St. Thomas from June 18-20. In order to mount pressure sensors … Read More
Tuesday Jun 28th: Finishing Touches in Rough Conditions
Undesirable weather came around again today after a couple days with ideal conditions. The fog was thick in the morning which caused the second day of divejet surveying to be canceled. Regardless, the R/V Sally-Ann still went out to China Rock and Asilomar in victory at sea conditions. Several more ADCPs were checked to make sure that they were level … Read More
Sunday Jun 26th: Installation of Small Scale Array Complete, and Goodbye Grad Students!
More than 20 dives and 40 chilly underwater person-hours later, installation of the small scale array was completed today! Many thanks to the awesome dive crew: Tony, Alyssa, Duncan, Loren, Annie, Kent, and Johanna, and boat crew: Kate, Kent, Rob, Kanoa, and Falk. Over the past 3 weeks we prepped the rock and installed 5 ADCPs, 10 Vectors, and 10 … Read More
Saturday Jun 25th: ADVs and the Kelp Monster
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
Friday Jun 24th: Nearing the finish
Friday was another classic Monterey morning and the whole team would be offshore today finishing up deployments at the China Rock array and continuing work on the small-scale array. One of the previously deployed smart moorings at China Rock was having issues so the day began with the task of recovering that mooring and replacing it with a new smart … Read More