DAILY SHIP REPORT for 1998061815 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ship Observer: Post ,M.J. Date: 1998061815 Time: 1500 Z Submitted at: Thu Jun 18 13:28:31 US/Eastern 1998 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GPS Ship Position 77 deg 23.9 min N/ 166 deg 31.1 min W ------------------------------------------- Ship Movement in last 24 hrs 6.6 nm @ 355 deg ------------------------------------------- Surface Temperature -3 C ------------------------------------------- Surface Wind Chill ------------------------------------------- radar: 0.0 - 0.5, 3.7 - 4.2, 7.5 - 8.0 km Cloud Heights-from LIDAR and ceilometer: 0.1 km base lidar: 0.0 - 0.2 RADAR km ------------------------------------------- Liquid Water Layers-LIDAR ------------------------------------------- Inversion Height ------------------------------------------- Ship Orientation 010.7 deg ------------------------------------------- Prevailing Winds 23 kts @ 155 deg ------------------------------------------- Rawindonde Status all normal. 12Z launches unsuccesful ------------------------------------------- Tethered Balloon Status all normal ------------------------------------------- low, unstructured , gray overcast. Visual Observations Visibility 3 nm. ------------------------------------------- Lead Report Shifting and growing slightly ------------------------------------------- all normal. Radar, lidar data transfers to Ship Instrument status mainland are bottlenecked (full disc). ------------------------------------------- Helicopter Status Helicopter on site ------------------------------------------- Ultralight Status No Ultralight status ------------------------------------------- Ship-to-Air Communication VHF/AM 121.5/126.7 and 2582 KHz Frequencies ------------------------------------------- Ship-to-Land Communication HF 6200/6501 Frequencies ------------------------------------------- Comments and Mission Surface area of melt ponds is increasing Recommendations markedly. ------------------------------------------------------------------------