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Feb 7 | Feb 8 | Feb 9 | Feb 10 | Feb 11 | Feb 12 | Feb 13 | Feb 14 | Feb 15 | Feb 16 | Feb 17 | Feb 18 Feb 19 | Feb 20 | Feb 21 | Feb 22 | Feb 23 | Feb 24 | Feb 25 | Feb 26 | Feb 27 "All's well that ends well" goes the old saying. So it us for the entire Primer experiment. We went out to our shelfbreak site to learn about winter conditions at the coastal front and came back with a bushel basket full of data that should allow us to do just that. The SeaSoar data painted the most graphical picture of the front, with many unexpected and exciting features. The acoustic transmissions through the front will allow us to make tomographic images to supplement the SeaSoar pictures. The cross front and deep hydrography will teach us about the transition from coastal to deep water. And the Harvard numerical models, which assimilated data in real time while we were at sea, are a step towards forecasting the ocean's behavior. All these measurements were ambitious, and thankfully, all of them worked well in our winter Primer effort.
On a more personal note, the '96 and '97 primer cruises were fairly
enjoyable ones. People in both the science party and the ship's crew
were pretty easy-going, experienced, capable,
and confident which made all the work go well in the most difficult
conditions.
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