DAILY SHIP REPORT for 1998070814 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ship Observer: Uttal , Taneil Date: 1998070814 Time: 14:30 Z Submitted at: Sun Jul 12 17:37:24 UT 1998 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GPS Ship Position 78.05.06N deg / 166.21.09 W deg ------------------------------------------- Ship Movement in last 24 hrs 5.51 nm @ 94 deg ------------------------------------------- Surface Temperature 5-2 C ------------------------------------------- Surface Wind Chill ------------------------------------------- Cloud Heights-from LIDAR and radar: 3.5 to 9 or 10 km AGL solid deck RADAR ceilometer: 3.9 km lidar: - ------------------------------------------- Liquid Water Layers-LIDAR ------------------------------------------- Inversion Height ------------------------------------------- Ship Orientation 6 deg ------------------------------------------- Prevailing Winds 21 kts @ 230 deg ------------------------------------------- Rawindonde Status all normal ------------------------------------------- Tethered Balloon Status all normal ------------------------------------------- Unlimited visibility. Broken overcast with areas of blue sky throughout area despite Visual Observations solid radar echo in middle and upper atmosphere. Last night there were puffy cumulus and Kelvin Helmholtz waves. ------------------------------------------- Lead Report ------------------------------------------- Ship Instrument status all normal ------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------- Good day to come and look at surface, nor problem flying below 3-4 km cloud bases. Comments and Mission Also excellent for sampling deep mid-level Recommendations and upper-level cloud, almost certainly all ice. Nice for validation of surface sensor ice retreivals. ------------------------------------------------------------------------