Re: BJ-III on stationary observations

Dear colleagues,
BJ is continuing observations in stronger winds (NW, 14 m/s) and
higher waves (5 m). At BJ, after passage of a gust front yesterday,
weather has been bad until this morning. Regards,
MDY

mdy@mvc.biglobe.ne.jp wrote:
> Dear colleagues, sorry for my belated forwarding (because of the flood
> workshop etc. in daytime today). (Sorry also for my miswriting vessel
> name.)
>
> According to a message from BJ team to Dr.Yamada on 11 WIB today:
> - BJ has started stationary observations from 06 UT (13 WIB) yesterday.
> - At surface strong NW wind around 10 m/s and waves around 3 m are
> continued from yesterday.
> - A shower occurred last night. Such a diurnal cycle of night rain
> is dominant for these days.
> - BJ team is planning to return to Jakarta in the morning on Dec.21,
> and to visit BMKG Jakarta for a meeting in the afternoon on the same
> day. After that they will leave Jakarta in the evening on Dec.23.
>
> Best regards,
> MDY at BPPT, Jakarta
>
> The flood workshop has been finished successfully. Pak Fadli, Pak
> Udrekh and Pak Seto have presented SATREPS, SIJAMPANG and UPTHB
> activities, respectively. In the opening ceremony Ibu Sri Woro did
> a very excellent keynote talk over 30 min which gave a summary of
> 100-year historical occurrence of floods in Jakarta (by which she
> denied so-called 5-year period in usual people as a rumor), as well
> as ENSO and IOD+/-, pointed out importance of monsoon surges and
> MJOs, and also intercomparison between numerical predictions such
> as NOAA, APCC, JAMSTEC (SINTEX) etc. Pak Fadli's presentation
> confirmed her talk based on our collaborations, and emphasized
> additional importance of diurnal cycles and radar observations.
>
>

>
> mdy@mvc.biglobe.ne.jp wrote:
> > Dear colleagues.
> > BJ (Dr.Yoneyama, Dr.Kubota) has decided to do stationary observations
> > at 7S, 95S, and they will arrive there soon (already?).
> >
> > Routine observations have been carried out very regularly.
> >
> > A shower was observed last night, but now weather is fine, in spite of
> > strong NW wind (10 m/s) and high waves (3 m).
> >
> > Regards,
> > MDY
> >
> >
> > mdy@mvc.biglobe.ne.jp wrote:
> > > 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
> > > > (A registration is necessary)
> > > >