Helo July 7

 

Helo Albedo Flight
7-Jul-98 ASD Intercalibrations - 000, 001, 002, 003, 004, 146, 147, 148
CO-SDNV, Cloud ceiling at 250 ft.
Objective: Box pattern, 3 nm per side, Leg AB approx. parallell to albedo line
Start 1:  Along albedo line
Time ASD Comments
Begin End
13:48 8 Begin line, heading 80 deg, elev. 100 ft, vel. 60 knots
13:49 Rubble and open water
13:50 13:50:18 Rubble and open water
13:50:18 13:50:30 Melt ponds
13:50:45 Rubble and open water
13:51:01 26 Melt ponds
Leg ended, due to confusion over programmed waypoints and orientation of albedo line.
Decision to run the box as programmed in the morning.
Extra overlapping pictures (maybe) then picture of ship to mark the real start
Start 2:  Box pattern, albedo line closet to leg AB
Elevation: 100 ft Elevation: 200 ft
Time ASD Kt19 Comments Time ASD Kt19 Comments
Begin End Begin End
13:57:30 27 Poly1 on Begin leg AB, heading 98, elev. 100 ft, vel. 67 knots;Turn on VCR 14:11:12 96 Poly1 on Begin leg AB, heading 99, elev, 200 ft, vel. 69 knots
13:58:25 13:58:51 Rubble and open water 14:11:25 Cracks
13:58:59 13:59:09 Rubble and open water 14:11:51 PAM station
13:59:09 Melt ponds 14:11:56 Rubble
13:59:27 Rubble and open water 14:12:03 14:12:41 Rubble in cracks
13:59:36 14:00:37 40 Poly1 off for turn Begin leg BC, heading 175, elev. 100 ft., vel. 58 knots, over rubble and open water 14:13:02 102 Poly1 off for turn Begin leg BC, heading 174, elev, 200 ft, vel.59 knots, over rubble and open water
13:59:53 Poly1 back on 14:13:02 14:13:56 Poly1 back on Rubble in cracks
14:00:37 Melt ponds 14:13:56 Big floe with melt ponds
14:00:48 Ridge 14:13:56 14:14:14 Rubble in cracks
14:00:55 Crack, open water 14:14:56 Open water
14:00:56 Melt ponds 14:15:17 Dirty ice
14:01:24 Ridge 14:15:25 Open water
14:01:33 Sm. Crack, open water 14:15:58 119 Poly1 off for turn Begin leg CD. Heading 267, elev. 200 ft, vel. 69 kots, over open water
14:01:59 Ridge 14:16:08 14:16:14 Poly1 back on Open water
14:02:11 Crack, open water 14:16:23 14:16:28 Cracks
14:02:33 67 Poly1 off for turn Begin leg CD, heading 270, elev. 100 ft, vel. 67 knots, over meltponds 14:16:38 14:16:49 Cracks
14:02:50 Poly1 back on 14:16:57 14:17:23 Cracks
14:02:52 Cracks, open water 14:17:38 Crack
14:02:58 Cracks, open water 14:17:43 Crack
14:03:06 Open water 14:18:19 132 Poly1 off for turn Begin leg DA. Heading ?, elev. 200 ft, vel. ? knots, over meltponds
14:03:22 Open water 14:18:46 14:18:58 Poly1 back on Dirty ice
14:03:28 14:03:31 Open water 14:19:21 Dirty ice
14:03:44 14:03:51 Open water 14:19:32 Open water
14:03:57 Open water 14:20:03 Crack
14:04:09 Crack, open water 14:20:15 Open water
14:04:23 14:04:30 Open water 14:20:21 14:20:23 Open water
14:04:45 Cracks, open water 14:20:34 14:20:40 Rubble and open water
14:05:00 81 Poly1 off for turn Begin leg DA, heading 358, elev. 100, vel. 79 knots, over meltponds 14:20:49 Open water
14:05:30 14:05:41 Poly1 back on Dirty ice 14:20:49 145 Poly1 off Complete box pattern
14:05:53 Ridge
14:06:30 Ridge 14:22 Kt19 off
14:06:38 Ridge 14:29:00 VCR Off
14:06:42 14:06:50 Open water 14:30:51 Helo landed
14:06:55 Crack, open water
14:07:13 14:07:35 Rubble, small amount open water Thin low cloudiness was present throughout the 200' flight.
14:07:39 95 Open water, end of box pattern
14:07:46 Poly1 off
Ship's orientation at end of leg:  274 deg, 0.61 nm

 

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