Re: BJ-IV is sailing without serious problems

Dear colleagues, (Thanks to Dr.Yamada)
Rawinsonde and sampling from BJ have been started from 06 UT yesterday
(00, 06 UT are assigned for Dr.Kubota, and 12, 18 UT are for Dr.Yoneyama).
A squall was observed at BJ last night.
BJ is sailing near 6.6S, 97.5E at 04 UT (11 WIB, 13 JT) westward. Because
of its slow speed, the stationary observation point will be changed to
a point where BJ reached at 00 UT tomorrow (at around 89-90 E?).
Regards,
MDY at BPPT, Jakarta


mdy@mvc.biglobe.ne.jp wrote:
> Dear HARIMAU2011/SATREPS-MCCOE colleagues, Many thanks for your efforts.
> (cc.Thanks also to Dr.Yamada/JAMSTEC for forwarding messages from BJ-IV)
>
> Accoding to daily messages from Dr.Yoneyama and Dr.Kubota, BJ-IV is
> sailing near 6.3S, 100.3E at around 13 JST (11 WIB) WSW-ward with 5-7 kt.
> Although they felt waves probably from a cyclone yesterday, there are no
> serious problems.
>
> As a CINDY-related activity, they are planning to start rawinsonde
> launching (6-hourly) and ocean-water sampling (3-hourly) from 06 UT
> (13 WIB, 15 JST).
>
> They will continue to sail for about two days more, and will stationary
> observations at 8S, 95E.
>
> Regards,
> Manabu D. Yamanaka at BPPT, Jakarta
>
> A tentative map of the whole campaign (HARIMAU2011, SATREPS-MCCOE and
> CINDY) including this BJ cruise is shown at
>
> https://fos.jst.go.jp/cache/img/png/w_h/0aac983fd07abdc945a4cdf19763c29c444fbb58_png.png
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