DAILY SHIP REPORT for 1998071514 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ship Observer: Uttal ,Taneil Date: 1998071514 Time: 1430 Z Submitted at: Wed Jul 15 17:29:57 UT 1998 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GPS Ship Position 78 05.68W 166 08.20W --------------------------------------------- Ship Movement in last 24 hrs 2.96 deg. E 076 deg. --------------------------------------------- Surface Temperature -1 C --------------------------------------------- Surface Wind Chill --------------------------------------------- Radar: Bare blip in lowest range gate or two; Otherwise clear. Not that immediate conditions are clear over site but between 1300 and 1400 UT there was altostratus/cirrus Cloud Heights-from LIDAR andbetween 4-5 km AGL. RADAR Ceilometer: 30m base and 105 m base. Lidar: Some signed in lowest 100 m of atmosphere. --------------------------------------------- Liquid Water Layers-LIDAR Not sure if lidar signal is water. --------------------------------------------- Inversion Height --------------------------------------------- Ship Orientation 7 deg. --------------------------------------------- Prevailing Winds 5 kts 155 deg. --------------------------------------------- Rawindonde Status --------------------------------------------- Tethered Balloon Status --------------------------------------------- Extrememly hazy, poor surface visibility from very low fog, blue sky, some scattered Visual Observations altostratus/cirrus. Looks like surface haze is burning off fast. --------------------------------------------- Lead Report --------------------------------------------- Ship Instrument status all normal --------------------------------------------- Helicopter Status --------------------------------------------- Ultralight Status --------------------------------------------- Ship-to-Air CommunicationVHF/AM 121.5/126.7 and 2582 KHz Frequencies --------------------------------------------- Ship-to-Land CommunicationHF 6200/6501 Frequencies --------------------------------------------- Comments and MissionCould be a good clear sky radiation mapping Recommendations day, but be prepared for intermittent scattered cloudiness at any level. ------------------------------------------------------------------------